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Definitive Test For A Substance Without Its Own Test

New York rates for HCPCS 80377

A laboratory test that confirms and measures a specific drug or substance in a sample when that substance has no standard named test of its own. The laboratory identifies exactly what is present and how much, rather than simply flagging that something from a broad group may be there.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Definitive Test For A Substance Without Its Own Test cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$14.13$4.47 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$14.79 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $71Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $3 to $33
$0.1$1$10$100facility $26professional $14

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
$0.02
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$26.30
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$114.82
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$37.15
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.70
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.70
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89

Where New York sits

The same service costs 31.6 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.

New York· 30th of 51

$14.45

AK $100GA $3.16

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.