Rapid drug screen cost in Cincinnati, OH
In Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN, 12 hospitals list a cash price for rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day: from $10.80 to $127.20, with a median of $46.10. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Health Clermont Hospital and 1 other hospital — $35.30 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $57.85 at 98 hospitals.
- The median here, $46.10, is 19% below the US median of $57.20.
- That is 3.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($12.60).
- Cincinnati, OH has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Ohio with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 7 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Health Clermont Hospital lowest Batavia, OH · (513) 732-8278 HC Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $10.80 | $18.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Anderson Hospital lowest Cincinnati, OH · (513) 624-4500 HC Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $10.80 | $18.00 | — | 40% |
| Bethesda North Cincinnati, OH · (513) 865-1111 HC Drug Screen 10 Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $38.74 | $51.66 | — | 25% |
| The Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati, OH · (513) 862-2601 HC Drug Screen 10 Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $38.74 | $51.66 | — | 25% |
| McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Oxford, OH · (513) 523-2111 HC Drug Screen 10 Panel File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $38.74 | $51.66 | — | 25% |
| Fort Hamilton Hospital Hamilton, OH · (513) 867-2123 Hc Drug Scrn Qualtative Multiple Drug Clss File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $46.00 | $115.00 | — | 60% |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center Cincinnati, OH · (513) 584-1000 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $46.20 | $77.00 | — | 40% |
| West Chester Hospital West Chester, OH · (513) 298-7701 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $46.20 | $77.00 | — | 40% |
| West Chester Hospital West Chester, OH · (513) 298-7701 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs Pr Date File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $116.40 | $194.00 | — | 40% |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center Cincinnati, OH · (513) 584-1000 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs Pr Date File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $116.40 | $194.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health West Hospital Cincinnati, OH · (513) 215-5000 HC So Drug Test Prsmv Dir Optical Obs File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $127.20 | $212.00 | — | 40% |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health Cincinnati, OH · (513) 686-3000 HC So Drug Test Prsmv Dir Optical Obs File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $127.20 | $212.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital Mason, OH · (513) 637-9999 HC So Drug Test Prsmv Dir Optical Obs File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $127.20 | $212.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Fairfield Hospital Fairfield, OH · (513) 870-7000 HC So Drug Test Prsmv Dir Optical Obs File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $127.20 | $212.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital Mason, OH · (513) 637-9999 HC Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $143.40 | $239.00 | — | 40% |
| Mercy Health West Hospital Cincinnati, OH · (513) 215-5000 HC Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $143.40 | $239.00 | — | 40% |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health Cincinnati, OH · (513) 686-3000 HC Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs PR Date File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $143.40 | $239.00 | — | 40% |
| Fort Hamilton Hospital Hamilton, OH · (513) 867-2123 Hc S A Screen (Dot) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $151.60 | $379.00 | — | 60% |
Outpatient: lowest $10.80, median $46.10, highest $127.20 — a 11.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $46.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What rapid drug screen is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Rapid drug screen explained.