HCPCS G0480 at St Joseph Medical Center

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; 1-7 drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed

St Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma

Description from CMS's HCPCS Level II code file.

What St Joseph Medical Center publishes for this code: as an outpatient

St Joseph Medical Center’s prices for HCPCS G0480, as an outpatient
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$120 – $50316 plans	—
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates	$114 – $13212 plans	—
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$106 – $153	—
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$321 – $462	—

Lowest and highest amounts St Joseph Medical Center lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. Its price file is dated 2026-02-28. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

What St Joseph Medical Center publishes for this code: during a hospital stay

St Joseph Medical Center’s prices for HCPCS G0480, during a hospital stay
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$231 – $3472 plans	—
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$106 – $153	—
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$321 – $462	—

Lowest and highest amounts St Joseph Medical Center lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. Its price file is dated 2026-02-28. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in the rest of Washington for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

Bills to expect for HCPCS G0480 at St Joseph Medical Center
Bill	What it’s for	Original Medicare allows	Private plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospital	The lab test, including drawing the sample	—	The price above

A lab test usually comes as one bill from the lab that runs it.

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

Compare HCPCS G0480 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.