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Urine drug screen read by direct observation

CPT 80305the billing code this page is about

A presumptive drug screen using a dipstick, cup, or card read visually, covering any number of drug classes; billed once for the date of service.

Hospitals typically charge $50 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,089 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $55. Most fall between $19 and $119 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,089
States
49
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,089 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$13$23$50$97$211

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($13 vs $211).

How the prices are spread

$10 – $15: 188 hospitals$10$15 – $21: 175 hospitals$21 – $29: 227 hospitals$21$29 – $42: 242 hospitals$42 – $59: 252 hospitals$42$59 – $84: 251 hospitals$84 – $120: 237 hospitals$84$120 – $171: 137 hospitals$171 – $243: 114 hospitals$171$243 – $346: 61 hospitals$243median $50price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,884 of 2,089 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$10$15188
$15$21175
$21$29227
$29$42242
$42$59252
$59$84251
$84$120237
$120$171137
$171$243114
$243$34661

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $50.

Alaska: median $79 across 14 hospitalsAK$79Maine: median $28 across 22 hospitalsME$28Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $23 across 13 hospitalsNH$23Washington: median $41 across 53 hospitalsWA$41Idaho: median $56 across 20 hospitalsID$56Montana: median $74 across 23 hospitalsMT$74North Dakota: median $86 across 24 hospitalsND$86Minnesota: median $38 across 35 hospitalsMN$38Illinois: median $72 across 78 hospitalsIL$72Wisconsin: median $56 across 57 hospitalsWI$56Michigan: median $34 across 72 hospitalsMI$34New York: median $31 across 72 hospitalsNY$31Massachusetts: median $45 across 29 hospitalsMA$45Oregon: median $66 across 24 hospitalsOR$66Nevada: median $62 across 14 hospitalsNV$62Wyoming: median $25 across 14 hospitalsWY$25South Dakota: median $100 across 26 hospitalsSD$100Iowa: median $72 across 60 hospitalsIA$72Indiana: median $48 across 74 hospitalsIN$48Ohio: median $54 across 104 hospitalsOH$54Pennsylvania: median $30 across 70 hospitalsPA$30New Jersey: median $14 across 46 hospitalsNJ$14Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $86 across 72 hospitalsCA$86Utah: median $145 across 12 hospitalsUT$145Colorado: median $58 across 60 hospitalsCO$58Nebraska: median $95 across 52 hospitalsNE$95Missouri: median $48 across 57 hospitalsMO$48Kentucky: median $25 across 50 hospitalsKY$25West Virginia: median $35 across 34 hospitalsWV$35Virginia: median $21 across 40 hospitalsVA$21Maryland: median $29 across 13 hospitalsMD$29Delaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $145 across 25 hospitalsAZ$145New Mexico: median $42 across 17 hospitalsNM$42Kansas: median $44 across 66 hospitalsKS$44Arkansas: median $22 across 25 hospitalsAR$22Tennessee: median $19 across 35 hospitalsTN$19North Carolina: median $93 across 48 hospitalsNC$93South Carolina: median $51 across 33 hospitalsSC$51Oklahoma: median $36 across 50 hospitalsOK$36Louisiana: median $21 across 32 hospitalsLA$21Mississippi: median $28 across 43 hospitalsMS$28Alabama: median $27 across 26 hospitalsAL$27Georgia: median $60 across 74 hospitalsGA$60Hawaii: median $89 across 17 hospitalsHI$89Texas: median $106 across 148 hospitalsTX$106Florida: median $100 across 93 hospitalsFL$100
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $50. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ25$145+190%$14 – $242
Utah UT12$145+190%$49 – $293
Texas TX148$106+113%$34 – $313
Florida FL93$100+100%$25 – $492
South Dakota SD26$100+100%$48 – $211
Nebraska NE52$95+91%$47 – $188
North Carolina NC48$93+86%$19 – $141
Hawaii HI17$89+79%$64 – $171
North Dakota ND24$86+72%$62 – $98
California CA72$86+71%$53 – $185
Alaska AK14$79+58%$51 – $149
Montana MT23$74+48%$27 – $266
Iowa IA60$72+44%$28 – $116
Illinois IL78$72+44%$25 – $158
Oregon OR24$66+33%$39 – $76
Nevada NV14$62+25%$23 – $198
Georgia GA74$60+20%$18 – $81
Colorado CO60$58+17%$11 – $109
Wisconsin WI57$56+12%$28 – $73
Idaho ID20$56+12%$32 – $96
Ohio OH104$54+8%$25 – $77
South Carolina SC33$51+2%$30 – $141
Indiana IN74$48−4%$18 – $117
Missouri MO57$48−4%$26 – $98
Massachusetts MA29$45−10%$19 – $155
Kansas KS66$44−12%$23 – $89
New Mexico NM17$42−16%$15 – $165
Washington WA53$41−18%$31 – $92
Minnesota MN35$38−24%$20 – $69
Oklahoma OK50$36−28%$22 – $90
West Virginia WV34$35−30%$21 – $86
Michigan MI72$34−32%$13 – $53
New York NY72$31−38%$13 – $45
Pennsylvania PA70$30−40%$14 – $219
Maryland MD13$29−43%$19 – $200
Mississippi MS43$28−43%$15 – $47
Maine ME22$28−44%$15 – $50
Alabama AL26$27−46%$15 – $98
Wyoming WY14$25−49%$19 – $70
Kentucky KY50$25−50%$16 – $77
New Hampshire NH13$23−55%$11 – $39
Arkansas AR25$22−56%$8 – $41
Virginia VA40$21−58%$9 – $105
Louisiana LA32$21−59%$8 – $30
Tennessee TN35$19−62%$13 – $55
New Jersey NJ46$14−71%$13 – $20
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $50.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,428$45$17 – $117
Children’s29$54$23 – $165
Critical access623$57$25 – $120
Ownership
For-profit269$72$20 – $296
Government412$47$20 – $97
Non-profit1,399$47$19 – $106
System affiliation
Part of a system1,678$53$19 – $124
Independent411$44$20 – $96

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$80
Median cash price$50
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,357 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $54 and the average of the middle 60% is $57; most fall between $21 and $121.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,357 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$14$25$54$97$219

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($14 vs $219).

Of the 1,499 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,357 gave a usable cash price; 67 carried a plausibility flag, 3 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 72 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,089 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (53%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,275 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,089
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here100
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded4
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded81
Hospitals that filed this code2,275

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Urine drug screen read by direct observation (CPT 80305) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-80305-urine-drug-screen-read-by-direct-observation