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Precise drug testing, 22 or more drug classes

HCPCS G0483the billing code this page is about

Covers laboratory testing that identifies and measures specific drugs in a sample, billed once per day when 22 or more drug classes are tested.

Hospitals typically charge $387 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 147 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $372. Most fall between $241 and $553 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
147
States
33
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Aug 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 147 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
$166$243$387$526$632

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($166 vs $632).

How the prices are spread

$141 – $174: 14 hospitals$141$174 – $214: 6 hospitals$214 – $263: 27 hospitals$214$263 – $324: 10 hospitals$324 – $399: 13 hospitals$324$399 – $491: 30 hospitals$491 – $604: 22 hospitals$491$604 – $744: 5 hospitals$744 – $915: 4 hospitals$744$915 – $1,127: 2 hospitals$915median $387price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (133 of 147 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$141$17414
$174$2146
$214$26327
$263$32410
$324$39913
$399$49130
$491$60422
$604$7445
$744$9154
$915$1,1272

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $387.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $166 across 13 hospitalsMN$166Illinois: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMINew York: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIAIndiana: median $336 across 16 hospitalsIN$336Ohio: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCAUtah: median $243 across 22 hospitalsUT$243Colorado: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCONebraska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $480 across 30 hospitalsTX$480Florida: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $387. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Texas TX30$480+24%$480 – $553
Indiana IN16$336−13%$295 – $477
Utah UT22$243−37%$243 – $243
Minnesota MN13$166−57%$149 – $166
Illinois IL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not 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 $387.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care111$405$243 – $553
Children’s2fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access33$243$166 – $529
Ownership
For-profit15fewer than 20 hospitals
Government10fewer than 20 hospitals
Non-profit121$369$241 – $526
System affiliation
Part of a system129$387$241 – $553
Independent18fewer than 20 hospitals

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$790
Median cash price$387
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

109 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $298 and the average of the middle 60% is $372; most fall between $183 and $553.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 109 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
$149$241$298$526$617

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($149 vs $617).

Of the 121 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 109 gave a usable cash price; 1 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

147 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (4%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 161 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted147
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here2
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code161

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 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 14, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Drug test def 22+ classes.

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, “Precise drug testing, 22 or more drug classes (CPT G0483) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-g0483-precise-drug-testing-22-or-more-drug-classes