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Gel Diffusion Test For A Specific Substance

Nevada 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 7 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$10.23$8.91 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$10.00 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $65Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $10

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
$22.91
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$28.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.98
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.50
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 43rd of 51

$10.72

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.