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Definitive Drug Test, 22 or More Drug Classes

Montana rates for HCPCS G0483

Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to, GC/MS (any type, single or tandem) and LC/MS (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., IA, EIA, ELISA, EMIT, FPIA) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 22 or more drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Definitive Drug Test, 22 or More Drug Classes cost?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $372 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$224$182 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$309 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,514Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $178 to $589
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $372professional $224

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
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$741.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$213.80

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in North Dakota than in Nebraska. 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$245

ND $372NE $178

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.