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; instrumented chemistry analyzers
Plainview, TX
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Methodist Hospital Plainview’s median price of $229 is 168% above the median hospital's median price ($86), higher than 76% of the 153 hospitals reporting HCPCS G0479. 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 par traditional fee schedule · outpatient | $224 | $224 | — | — | — | $224 – $224 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $228 | $228 | — | — | — | $228 – $228 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ers hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $231 | $231 | — | — | — | $231 – $231 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $258 | $258 | — | — | — | $258 – $258 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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