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Urine drug screen read by instrument-assisted strip

CPT 80306the billing code this page is about

A presumptive screen for drug classes using a test device such as a dipstick or cup that is read with the help of a reading instrument; billed once regardless of how many drug classes are checked.

Hospitals typically charge $93 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,532 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $102. Most fall between $33 and $213 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,532
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 1,532 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
$20$41$93$188$394

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($20 vs $394).

How the prices are spread

$17 – $24: 119 hospitals$17$24 – $33: 117 hospitals$33 – $47: 134 hospitals$33$47 – $65: 157 hospitals$65 – $91: 158 hospitals$65$91 – $128: 189 hospitals$128 – $179: 165 hospitals$128$179 – $251: 155 hospitals$251 – $351: 80 hospitals$251$351 – $492: 106 hospitals$351median $93price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,380 of 1,532 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$17$24119
$24$33117
$33$47134
$47$65157
$65$91158
$91$128189
$128$179165
$179$251155
$251$35180
$351$492106

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $93.

Alaska: median $101 across 11 hospitalsAK$101Maine: median $61 across 21 hospitalsME$61Vermont: median $86 across 10 hospitalsVT$86New Hampshire: median $93 across 12 hospitalsNH$93Washington: median $98 across 37 hospitalsWA$98Idaho: median $76 across 14 hospitalsID$76Montana: median $200 across 15 hospitalsMT$200North Dakota: median $107 across 13 hospitalsND$107Minnesota: median $82 across 82 hospitalsMN$82Illinois: median $125 across 73 hospitalsIL$125Wisconsin: median $101 across 80 hospitalsWI$101Michigan: median $65 across 37 hospitalsMI$65New York: median $52 across 61 hospitalsNY$52Massachusetts: median $105 across 15 hospitalsMA$105Oregon: median $111 across 31 hospitalsOR$111Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: median $57 across 12 hospitalsWY$57South Dakota: median $297 across 31 hospitalsSD$297Iowa: median $88 across 43 hospitalsIA$88Indiana: median $102 across 53 hospitalsIN$102Ohio: median $77 across 49 hospitalsOH$77Pennsylvania: median $44 across 48 hospitalsPA$44New Jersey: median $19 across 40 hospitalsNJ$19Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $210 across 66 hospitalsCA$210Utah: median $436 across 30 hospitalsUT$436Colorado: median $72 across 46 hospitalsCO$72Nebraska: median $171 across 34 hospitalsNE$171Missouri: median $104 across 52 hospitalsMO$104Kentucky: median $117 across 28 hospitalsKY$117West Virginia: median $34 across 20 hospitalsWV$34Virginia: median $68 across 36 hospitalsVA$68Maryland: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $51 across 17 hospitalsAZ$51New Mexico: median $137 across 12 hospitalsNM$137Kansas: median $106 across 45 hospitalsKS$106Arkansas: median $33 across 18 hospitalsAR$33Tennessee: median $34 across 43 hospitalsTN$34North Carolina: median $124 across 20 hospitalsNC$124South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $51 across 28 hospitalsOK$51Louisiana: median $37 across 11 hospitalsLA$37Mississippi: median $28 across 13 hospitalsMS$28Alabama: median $83 across 20 hospitalsAL$83Georgia: median $20 across 30 hospitalsGA$20Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $182 across 101 hospitalsTX$182Florida: median $103 across 35 hospitalsFL$103
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $93. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT30$436+370%$183 – $513
South Dakota SD31$297+220%$81 – $468
California CA66$210+127%$113 – $482
Montana MT15$200+115%$128 – $247
Texas TX101$182+96%$50 – $457
Nebraska NE34$171+84%$41 – $291
New Mexico NM12$137+47%$117 – $204
Illinois IL73$125+34%$53 – $249
North Carolina NC20$124+34%$26 – $183
Kentucky KY28$117+26%$41 – $149
Oregon OR31$111+20%$47 – $144
North Dakota ND13$107+15%$51 – $192
Kansas KS45$106+14%$47 – $185
Massachusetts MA15$105+13%$41 – $146
Missouri MO52$104+12%$77 – $191
Florida FL35$103+11%$38 – $668
Indiana IN53$102+10%$28 – $174
Alaska AK11$101+9%$83 – $251
Wisconsin WI80$101+9%$57 – $162
Washington WA37$98+6%$46 – $210
New Hampshire NH12$930%$55 – $181
Iowa IA43$88−5%$55 – $171
Vermont VT10$86−7%$54 – $376
Alabama AL20$83−11%$20 – $441
Minnesota MN82$82−12%$41 – $193
Ohio OH49$77−17%$21 – $188
Idaho ID14$76−18%$56 – $84
Colorado CO46$72−23%$13 – $213
Virginia VA36$68−27%$26 – $160
Michigan MI37$65−30%$21 – $221
Maine ME21$61−34%$46 – $116
Wyoming WY12$57−39%$33 – $132
New York NY61$52−44%$21 – $104
Oklahoma OK28$51−45%$29 – $149
Arizona AZ17$51−45%$31 – $51
Pennsylvania PA48$44−52%$16 – $271
Louisiana LA11$37−61%$20 – $94
Tennessee TN43$34−63%$25 – $105
West Virginia WV20$34−64%$31 – $101
Arkansas AR18$33−64%$20 – $57
Mississippi MS13$28−70%$18 – $50
Georgia GA30$20−79%$20 – $71
New Jersey NJ40$19−80%$17 – $27
Maryland MD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not 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 $93.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care950$77$26 – $221
Children’s38$118$48 – $228
Critical access543$107$49 – $206
Ownership
For-profit170$101$34 – $460
Government267$96$36 – $198
Non-profit1,094$91$32 – $206
System affiliation
Part of a system1,271$93$32 – $213
Independent261$89$37 – $213

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$154
Median cash price$93
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

997 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $101 and the average of the middle 60% is $111; most fall between $34 and $239.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 997 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
$22$44$101$201$425

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($22 vs $425).

Of the 1,068 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 997 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 3 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 52 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,532 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (39%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,645 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,532
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here50
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded5
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded56
Hospitals that filed this code1,645

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 September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 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 INSTRMNT.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Urine drug screen read by instrument-assisted strip (CPT 80306) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-80306-urine-drug-screen-read-by-instrument-assisted-strip