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Nicotine Level Test

Illinois rates for HCPCS 83887

Measures nicotine in a sample taken from the body. It is used to confirm whether someone has been using tobacco or another nicotine product, for example before surgery, as part of a transplant assessment, or for an insurance or workplace evaluation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nicotine Level Test cost?

$57.54

Typical facility fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $42.66 to $100.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $38 to $112Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $37 to $347
$20$50$100$200facility $55professional $126

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$46.77
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Massachusetts than in Kansas. 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.

Illinois· 6th of 50

$57.54

MA $112KS $20.42

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.