Rapid drug screen cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day: from $12.30 to $441.60, with a median of $121.80. The lowest listed price is at Highlands Hospital — $109.50 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $55.65 at 55 hospitals.
- The median here, $121.80, is 113% above the US median of $57.20.
- That is 9.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($12.60).
- Pittsburgh, PA ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 9 cities for code 80305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 7, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 17, 2025 and Oct 28, 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 Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands Hospital lowest Connellsville, PA · (724) 628-1500 FENTANYL+1 more line at this price File of Feb 2, 2026 · source file | $12.30 | $20.50 | $6.91–$15.99 | 40% |
| Advanced Surgical Hospital Washington, PA · (724) 884-0710 DRUG SCREEN - URINE CGH 80305 File of Apr 24, 2026 · source file | $12.60 | $86.00 | $11.97–$47.30 | 85% |
| UPMC Washington Washington, PA · (724) 225-7000 BUPRENORPHINE SCREEN File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $55.65 | $79.50 | $8.82–$57.24 | 30% |
| Canonsburg General Hospital Canonsburg, PA · (724) 745-6100 HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $79.56 | $102.00 | $6.10–$32.51 | 22% |
| Forbes Hospital Monroeville, PA · (412) 858-2000 HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $79.56 | $102.00 | $6.10–$131.67 | 22% |
| Excela Health Latrobe Hospital Latrobe, PA · (724) 832-4000 OPIATE(S), EX. DEMEROL, EACH File of Dec 17, 2025 · source file | $121.80 | $203.00 | $11.73–$162.40 | 40% |
| Excela Health - Frick Hospital Mt Plesant, PA · (724) 547-1500 OPIATE(S), EX. DEMEROL, EACH File of Dec 17, 2025 · source file | $121.80 | $203.00 | $120.00 | 40% |
| Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital Greeensburg, PA · (724) 832-4000 OPIATE(S), EX. DEMEROL, EACH File of Dec 17, 2025 · source file | $121.80 | $203.00 | $11.73–$162.40 | 40% |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA · (412) 664-2000 ETHANOL OPTICAL+3 more lines at this price File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $357.00 | $595.00 | $10.49–$505.75 | 40% |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA · (412) 357-3000 SALICYLATE LEVEL STAT OPTICAL+1 more line at this price File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $425.40 | $709.00 | $10.49–$567.20 | 40% |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 DRUG SCREEN COMPR OPTICAL File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $441.60 | $736.00 | $10.39–$662.40 | 40% |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 784-4000 DRUG SCRN SINGLE CL OP P0193 File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $441.60 | $736.00 | $10.49–$625.60 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $12.30, median $121.80, highest $441.60 — a 35.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $121.80. 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 10 of 12 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.