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Nicotine Level Test

North Carolina 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?

$23.99

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $20.42 to $105.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $112Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $15 to $54
$20$50$100facility $23professional $37

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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$50.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 45th of 50

$23.99

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.