Rapid drug screen cost in Columbus, OH
In Columbus, OH, 18 hospitals list a cash price for rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day: from $15.30 to $170.00, with a median of $64.98. The lowest listed price is at Nationwide Children's Hospital — $49.68 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $57.85 at 98 hospitals.
- The median here, $64.98, is 14% above the US median of $57.20.
- That is 5.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($12.60).
- Columbus, OH ranks 3rd of 3 metro areas in Ohio by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 18 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 12 cities for code 80305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 26, 2026 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 Columbus, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide Children's Hospital lowest Columbus, OH · (614) 722-2000 FENTANYL DRUG SCREEN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.30 | $17.00 | $7.99–$16.66 | 10% |
| Licking Memorial Hospital Newark, OH · (740) 348-4000 HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs - Toxicology Screen Urine File of Mar 16, 2026 · source file | $52.55 | $52.55 | $12.35–$52.55 | — |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH HC POCT Drug Test(S) Presumptive Any Class Direct Optical Observation Only File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $57.85 | $89.00 | $11.08–$632.00 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH · (614) 546-4034 HC POCT Drug Test(S) Presumptive Any Class Direct Optical Observation Only File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $57.85 | $89.00 | $11.08–$632.00 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital New Albany, OH · (614) 775-6600 HC POCT Drug Test(S) Presumptive Any Class Direct Optical Observation Only File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $57.85 | $89.00 | $11.08–$632.00 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel Dublin Dublin, OH · (380) 898-9000 HC POCT Drug Test(S) Presumptive Any Class Direct Optical Observation Only File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $57.85 | $89.00 | $11.08–$89.00 | 35% |
| Diley Ridge Medical Center Canal Winchester, OH · (614) 838-7911 HC POCT Drug Test(S) Presumptive Any Class Direct Optical Observation Only File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $57.85 | $89.00 | $11.08–$632.00 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH · (614) 234-5000 HC POCT Drug Test(S) Presumptive Any Class Direct Optical Observation Only File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $57.85 | $89.00 | $11.08–$632.00 | 35% |
| Berger Hospital Circleville, OH · (740) 420-8008 Hc Fsed Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $61.10 | $94.00 | — | 35% |
| Fairfield Medical Center Lancaster, OH · (740) 687-8000 Tricyc,U File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $68.85 | $153.00 | $10.47–$153.00 | 55% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 566-5000 Hc Fsed Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.35 | $119.00 | — | 35% |
| Pickerington Methodist Hospital Pickerington, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.35 | $119.00 | — | 35% |
| Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH · (614) 566-9164 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.35 | $119.00 | — | 35% |
| Grove City Methodist Grove City, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.35 | $119.00 | — | 35% |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH · (614) 544-8000 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.35 | $119.00 | — | 35% |
| Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.35 | $119.00 | — | 35% |
| Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware, OH · (740) 368-5145 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $92.95 | $143.00 | — | 35% |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 722-2000 DOAP DRUG SCREEN, SINGLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $108.90 | $121.00 | $56.87–$118.58 | 10% |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 722-2000 DOA WITH FENTANYL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $123.30 | $137.00 | $64.39–$134.26 | 10% |
| Galion Community Hospital Galion, OH · (419) 468-4841 HC CCH DRUG TEST PRESUMPTIVE DIRECT OPTICAL OBSERVATION File of Mar 20, 2026 · source file | $170.00 | $200.00 | $68.00–$184.00 | 15% |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 722-2000 DOAWBP DRUG SCR NON TLC DEVICE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $190.80 | $212.00 | $99.64–$207.76 | 10% |
Outpatient: lowest $15.30, median $64.98, highest $170.00 — a 11.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 18 facilities here, median $64.98. 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 9 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 rapid drug screen is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Rapid drug screen explained.