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Test Telling Apart Mirror-Image Forms of a Drug

North Carolina 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.48$10.23 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$35.48 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $38Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$10$20$50facility $35professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.39

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$12.59

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.