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Gel Diffusion Test For A Specific Substance

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 86331

A laboratory test in which the sample and a matching testing solution are placed in separate wells cut into a gel and left to spread slowly toward each other. If the substance being looked for is present, a visible line forms in the gel where the two meet. The result is a present or absent answer, reported once for each substance the laboratory checks for.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gel Diffusion Test For A Specific Substance cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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 6 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$10.72$7.94 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$12.02 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $9 to $98Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $79
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $11

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
$9.33
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$23.99

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$17.78

SD $22.91DC $8.91

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.