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Test Telling Apart Mirror-Image Forms of a Drug

California rates for HCPCS 80374

A laboratory test that separates the two mirror-image forms of a drug in a sample. Some substances exist in a pair of forms that are chemically identical but built the opposite way round, and an ordinary test cannot tell them apart. Distinguishing them can show whether a positive result comes from a legitimate medicine or from a different substance that breaks down to look the same.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Test Telling Apart Mirror-Image Forms of a Drug cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $1.66 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$5.37 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.66$0.05 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $0 to $51Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $5 to $38
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $2professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$40.74
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$74.13
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01

Where California sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. 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.

California· 33rd of 51

$14.45

AK $100GA $4.79

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.