Rapid drug screen cost in Chicago, IL
In Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 24 hospitals list a cash price for rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day: from $12.00 to $164.81, with a median of $81.90. The lowest listed price is at Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet — $69.90 less than the median here. Across Illinois, the median is $81.90 at 50 hospitals.
- The median here, $81.90, is 43% above the US median of $57.20.
- That is 6.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($12.60).
- 3 of 24 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 24 facilities across 21 cities for code 80305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 10, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2025 and Nov 5, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet lowest Joliet, IL · (815) 725-7133 POC 4 PANEL URINE DRUG SCREEN File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $12.00 | $38.00 | $6.80–$38.00 | 68% |
| Northwest Community Hospital Arlington Heights, IL · (847) 618-1000 Hb Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.00 | $30.00 | — | — |
| Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale Hinsdale, IL · (630) 856-9000 HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% |
| Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights, IL · (630) 545-8000 HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% |
| Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange La Grange, IL · (708) 352-1200 HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% |
| Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, IL · (630) 312-5000 HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS - TOXICOLOGY SCREEN URINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $35.00 | $140.00 | — | 75% |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL · (708) 684-8000 POC DRUG SCREEN-URINE File of Nov 3, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $75.00 | $10.08–$78.06 | 50% |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital Oak Lawn Oak Lawn, IL POC DRUG SCREEN-URINE File of Nov 3, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $75.00 | $10.08–$79.51 | 50% |
| Vista Medical Center East Waukegan, IL · (847) 360-3000 PRS DRG IA VIS File of Mar 31, 2025 · source file | $67.16 | $67.16 | $4.03–$20.28 | — |
| Loretto Hospital Chicago, IL · (773) 626-4300 DRUG TOXICOLOGY, URINE File of Nov 5, 2026 · source file | $74.16 | $123.60 | $74.16–$123.60 | 40% |
| Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich, IL · (815) 786-8484 HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $81.90 | $117.00 | $22.23–$117.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL · (815) 344-5000 HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $81.90 | $117.00 | $22.58–$117.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · (312) 926-2000 HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $81.90 | $117.00 | $22.70–$117.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL · (630) 208-3000 HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $81.90 | $117.00 | $17.43–$117.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL · (630) 682-1600 HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $81.90 | $117.00 | $8.07–$117.00 | 30% |
| Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL · (708) 923-4000 HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $81.90 | $117.00 | $18.72–$117.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL · (847) 234-5600 HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $81.90 | $117.00 | $19.42–$117.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL · (815) 756-1521 HB Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date (POC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $81.90 | $117.00 | $21.41–$117.00 | 30% |
| Morris Hospital Morris, IL · (815) 942-2932 Testing for presence of drug, read by direct observation File of Oct 27, 2026 · source file | $85.65 | $356.00 | $153.79–$366.68 | 76% |
| Franciscan Health Rensselaer Rensselaer, IN · (219) 866-5141 Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $88.78 | $248.00 | $11.28–$198.40 | 64% |
| Franciscan Health Munster Munster, IN · (219) 922-4200 Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $91.80 | $431.00 | $9.95–$323.25 | 79% |
| Franciscan Health Crown Point Crown Point, IN · (219) 757-6100 Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $111.20 | $431.00 | $431.00 | 74% |
| Franciscan Health Dyer Dyer, IN · (219) 865-2141 Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $116.37 | $431.00 | $11.28–$323.25 | 73% |
| La Rabida Children's Hospital Chicago, IL · (773) 363-6700 DRUG SCREEN CLASS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $164.81 | $164.81 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $12.00, median $81.90, highest $164.81 — a 13.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $37.50. 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 17 of 18 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is 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 rapid drug screen is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Rapid drug screen explained.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80305 ($58.56). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| The Methodist Hospitals Gary, INDrug test prsmv dir opt obs | $0.01 | file |
| Methodist Hospital-Southlake Merrillville, INDrug test prsmv dir opt obs | $0.01 | file |