Rapid drug screen cost in Philadelphia, PA
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 15 hospitals list a cash price for rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day: from $12.00 to $314.10, with a median of $26.80. The lowest listed price is at Roxborough Memorial Hospital and 1 other hospital — $14.80 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $55.65 at 55 hospitals.
- The median here, $26.80, is 53% below the US median of $57.20.
- That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($12.60).
- Philadelphia, PA has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 15 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 13 cities for code 80305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital lowest Philadelphia, PA · (215) 483-9900 Hc Drug Screen Prsmv Qual Dir Optical Obs Per Day File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $12.00 | $43.38 | $10.08–$42.08 | 72% |
| Lower Bucks Hospital lowest Bristol, PA · (215) 785-9200 Hc Drug Screen Prsmv Qual Dir Optical Obs Per Day File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $12.00 | $43.38 | $10.08–$34.70 | 72% |
| Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Qualdir Optical Obs Per Day File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.20 | $58.00 | — | 60% |
| Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Qualdir Optical Obs Per Day File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.20 | $58.00 | — | 60% |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Qualdir Optical Obs Per Day File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.20 | $58.00 | — | 60% |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Qualdir Optical Obs Per Day File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.20 | $58.00 | — | 60% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Voorhees Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Emergency Drug Screen Direct Optical Only+1 more line at this price File of Jun 1, 2026 · source file | $26.80 | $268.00 | $4.22–$51.72 | 90% |
| Virtua Willingboro Hospital Willinboro, NJ · (609) 835-2900 HC Emergency Drug Screen Direct Optical Only File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $26.80 | $268.00 | $4.22–$51.72 | 90% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Emergency Drug Screen Direct Optical Only File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $26.80 | $268.00 | $4.22–$51.72 | 90% |
| Virtua Memorial Hospital Mount Holly, NJ · (609) 267-0700 HC Emergency Drug Screen Direct Optical Only File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $26.80 | $268.00 | $4.22–$51.72 | 90% |
| Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Camden, NJ · (856) 886-5373 HC Emergency Drug Screen Direct Optical Only File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $26.80 | $268.00 | $4.22–$51.72 | 90% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 590-1000 Urine Drug Testing, Qual Screen File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $32.80 | $32.80 | $5.41–$29.52 | — |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC POCT Drug Test(S) Presumptive Any Class Direct Optical Observation Only+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $130.00 | $200.00 | $12.57–$200.00 | 35% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus Sellersville, PA · (215) 453-4000 HB DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $314.10 | $349.00 | $12.60–$1,376.55 | 10% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown, PA · (267) 985-1000 HB DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $314.10 | $349.00 | $11.97–$289.04 | 10% |
Outpatient: lowest $12.00, median $26.80, highest $314.10 — a 26.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $23.20. 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 11 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.