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Phencyclidine (PCP) Drug Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 83992

This laboratory test detects phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP, in a blood or urine sample. It is used in drug screening and toxicology evaluations, including emergency situations where PCP use is suspected as a cause of unusual or dangerous behavior. A positive result confirms recent use of the substance.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Phencyclidine (PCP) Drug Test cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 5 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$18.20$10.00 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$0.03 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $0 to $50Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $5 to $28
$0.1$1$10$100facility $17professional $18

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.70

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 1349.0 times more in Oregon than in Pennsylvania. 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.

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$18.20

OR $67.61PA $0.05

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.