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Definitive Drug Test For Muscle Relaxant Medicines

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 80370

A laboratory test that identifies and measures the actual amounts of muscle relaxant medicines present in a sample. Unlike a screening check that reports only positive or negative, it names each drug found and gives a measured result. It is used to confirm a prescribed medicine is being taken, or to work out what someone has actually taken.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Definitive Drug Test For Muscle Relaxant Medicines cost?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.71$8.71 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$14.45 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $0 to $50Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $26
$0.1$1$10$100facility $29professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4365.2 times more in Washington, DC than in Arkansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$21.38

DC $87.10AR $0.02

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.