Rapid drug screen cost in Brattleboro, VT — inpatient
In Brattleboro, VT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day as an inpatient: from $14.28 to $14.28, with a median of $14.28. Across Vermont, the median is $38.00 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 80305, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 29, 2025 and Dec 29, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Brattleboro, VT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital lowest Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 80305 Urine Drug screen, direct optical observation | $14.28 | $20.40 | $7.56–$24.60 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Toxicology Drug Screen POC | $27.16 | $38.80 | $7.56–$37.64 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $14.28, median $14.28, highest $14.28.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $14.28 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This code covers a quick drug screen, such as a urine cup, dipstick or card, where the result is read by eye. It gives presumptive results for classes of drugs and is used in clinics, emergency departments and for some employment testing.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the screen for all drug classes on the device, billed once per day. Confirmation testing of a positive result and any formal chain-of-custody collection are billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80305 ($53.55). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Brattleboro Retreat Brattleboro, VTDRUG TEST, DIRECT OBS ONLY | $4.66 | file |