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Nicotine Level Test

Texas 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$37.15$35.48 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$20.42 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $20 to $112Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $35 to $47
$20$50$100facility $30professional $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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$46.77
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 40th of 50

$35.48

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.