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.
Original text from hospital filings
Drug test presumptive; read by instrument-assisted direct optical observation
Levelland, TX
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Methodist Hospital Levelland’s median price of $61 is 150% above the median hospital's median price ($24), higher than 76% of the 139 hospitals reporting HCPCS G0478. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 1 payer, 4 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ers hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $58 | $58 | — | — | — | $58 – $58 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $58 | $58 | — | — | — | $58 – $58 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $64 | $64 | — | — | — | $64 – $64 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield traditional fee schedule · outpatient | $70 | $70 | — | — | — | $70 – $70 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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