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Hair Analysis (Excluding Arsenic)

California rates for HCPCS P2031

Hair analysis (excluding arsenic)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hair Analysis (Excluding Arsenic) cost?

$5.89

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.90$2.57 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$5.89 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $38Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $65
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.89
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.08
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$13.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$83.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.75
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$13.18
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60

Where California sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Alabama than in Kentucky. 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.

California· 9th of 51

$5.89

AL $15.14KY $2.45

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.