Alcohol and drug screening

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Alcohol and/or drug screening

Payers reporting HCPCS H0049

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$94

Median

$53

High

$655

Payer rate distribution

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1	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	147	$0	$3	$30	1183%	—	$0 – $619
2	Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +8 other terms	30	$31	$31	$17	53%	—	$14 – $72
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	25	$151	$187	$217	116%	—	$18 – $815
4	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	20	$30	$98	$95	97%	—	$14 – $488
5	Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +11 other terms	15	$43	$46	$11	24%	—	$25 – $72
6	Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	15	$43	$46	$11	24%	—	$25 – $74
7	Humana facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	14	$31	$31	$0	1%	—	$30 – $31
8	Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	13	$39	$39	$15	37%	—	$13 – $65
9	Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	12	$99	$70	$48	68%	—	$18 – $124
10	Bcbs Tx per diem · outpatient	11	$640	$655	$74	11%	—	$514 – $803
11	Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	11	$16	$17	$10	59%	—	$16 – $146
12	Cigna professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	10	$0	$1	$2	214%	—	$0 – $5
13	Medicaid fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	9	$49	$50	$3	5%	—	$49 – $55
14	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · inpatient · +4 other terms	7	$0	$0	—	—	—	$0 – $0
15	Amerihealth Caritas facility · case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms	7	$15	$15	$0	3%	—	$15 – $16
16	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	4	$228	$223	$166	74%	—	$49 – $523
17	First Health professional · fee schedule · both · +11 other terms	3	$0	$0	—	—	—	$0 – $0
18	Wellmark facility · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	3	$54	$47	$15	32%	—	$22 – $59
19	Excellus fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	2	$86	$87	$84	96%	—	$14 – $241
20	Oscar percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms	2	$74	$74	$36	49%	—	$37 – $110
21	Phcs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +3 other terms	2	$43	$43	$1	3%	—	$42 – $44
22	Superior Healthplan facility · other · outpatient	2	$60	$60	$15	25%	—	$45 – $75
23	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	2	$56	$56	$0	0%	—	$56 – $56
24	Bcbs Il professional · fee schedule · both	1	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
25	Bcbs La facility · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$0	$0	—	—	—	$0 – $0

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