Rapid drug screen cost in Chicago, IL
In Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 16 hospitals list a cash price for Rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day: from $30.00 to $164.81, with a median of $81.90. The lowest listed price is at Northwest Community Hospital — $51.90 less than the median here. Across Illinois, the median is $40.00 at 22 hospitals.
Cash prices at 16 facilities across 15 cities for code 80305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 4, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Community Hospital lowest Arlington Heights, IL Hb Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs | $30.00 | $30.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights, IL HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights, IL HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange, IL HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange, IL HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale, IL HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale, IL HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, IL HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, IL HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL POC DRUG SCREEN-URINE | $40.00 | $80.00 | $12.60–$78.06 | 50% | Nov 4, 2025 source file |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital Oak Lawn Oak Lawn, IL POC DRUG SCREEN-URINE | $40.00 | $80.00 | $12.60–$79.51 | 50% | Nov 4, 2025 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) | $81.90 | $117.00 | $17.43–$117.00 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton, IL HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) | $81.90 | $117.00 | $49.14–$117.00 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) | $81.90 | $117.00 | $18.72–$117.00 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Dekalb, IL HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) | $81.90 | $117.00 | $21.41–$117.00 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich, IL HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) | $81.90 | $117.00 | $22.23–$117.00 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) | $81.90 | $117.00 | $8.07–$117.00 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) | $81.90 | $117.00 | $19.42–$117.00 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) | $81.90 | $117.00 | $22.58–$117.00 | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Rabida Children's Hospital|LaRabida Childrens Hospital Chicago, IL DRUG SCREEN CLASS | $164.81 | $164.81 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $30.00, median $81.90, highest $164.81 — a 5.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $35.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 10 of 10 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| The Methodist Hospitals, Inc. Gary, INDrug test prsmv dir opt obs | $0.01 | file |
| The Methodist Hospitals, Inc. Merrillville, INDrug test prsmv dir opt obs | $0.01 | file |