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Definitive Test For A Substance Without Its Own Test

South Dakota 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.38$12.30 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $0 to $45Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26
$0.1$1$10$100facility $15professional $17

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
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.70
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
1 more rate 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
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 20th of 51

$15.14

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.