Rapid drug screen cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 14 hospitals list a cash price for rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day: from $11.82 to $531.00, with a median of $41.00. The lowest listed price is at CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital — $29.18 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $41.00 at 57 hospitals.
- The median here, $41.00, is 28% below the US median of $57.20.
- That is 3.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($12.60).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 7 cities for code 80305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital lowest Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 6 Mam Screen+1 more line at this price File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $11.82 | $28.00 | $6.43–$25.20 | 58% |
| University of Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 DRUG TEST PRESUMPTIVE DIR OBS File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $15.12 | $63.00 | $10.58–$63.00 | 76% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY DRUG TEST PRESUMPTIVE DIR OBS File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $22.68 | $63.00 | $10.58–$63.00 | 64% |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB DRUG SCREEN-VISUAL READ (IH) File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $28.70 | $205.00 | $6.43–$179.38 | 86% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB DRUG SCREEN-VISUAL READ (IH)+1 more line at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $41.00 | $205.00 | $12.60–$170.15 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB DRUG SCREEN-VISUAL READ (SO)+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $41.00 | $205.00 | $12.60–$170.15 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB DRUG SCREEN-VISUAL READ (IH)+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $41.00 | $205.00 | $12.60–$174.25 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB DRUG SCREEN-VISUAL READ (IH)+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $41.00 | $205.00 | $12.60–$170.15 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB DRUG SCREEN-VISUAL READ (IH)+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $41.00 | $205.00 | $12.60–$170.15 | 80% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC Lab Drug Screen Lateral Flow+1 more line at this price File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $67.52 | $160.00 | $6.43–$127.52 | 58% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Testing for presence of drug, read by direct observation File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $76.56 | $102.08 | $6.43–$204.16 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Testing for presence of drug, read by direct observation File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $76.56 | $102.08 | $6.43–$153.12 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Testing for presence of drug, read by direct observation File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $76.56 | $102.08 | $6.43–$204.16 | 25% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 DRUG TST PRESUMP DIR OPTICAL+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $142.80 | $238.00 | $5.94–$28.73 | 40% |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Testing for presence of drug, read by direct observation File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $531.00 | $885.00 | $6.30–$796.50 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $11.82, median $41.00, highest $531.00 — a 44.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $41.00. 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 13 of 14 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.