Rapid drug screen cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day: from $10.62 to $185.00, with a median of $84.76. The lowest listed price is at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital — $74.14 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $84.76 at 101 hospitals.
- The median here, $84.76, is 48% above the US median of $57.20.
- That is 6.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($12.60).
- Riverside, CA ranks 2nd of 3 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 9 cities for code 80305, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 30, 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital lowest Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $10.62 | $53.11 | $11.97–$53.11 | 80% |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Drug Screen Prsmv Qual Dir Optical Obs Per Day File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $12.00 | $306.08 | $10.08–$306.08 | 96% |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Drug Screen Prsmv Qual Dir Optical Obs Per Day File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $12.00 | $306.08 | $10.08–$306.08 | 96% |
| St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 DRG SCRN PRESUMPT OPTICAL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $12.51 | $38.00 | $9.50–$50.40 | 67% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $84.76 | $163.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $84.76 | $163.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $84.76 | $163.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $84.76 | $163.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 48% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Drug Test Prsmv Qual Dir Optical Obs per Day+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $146.00 | $146.00 | $10.08–$146.00 | — |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Testing for presence of drug, read by direct observation File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $185.00 | $367.00 | $10.08–$674.36 | 50% |
Outpatient: lowest $10.62, median $84.76, highest $185.00 — a 17.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $84.76. 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 5 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 1 it is 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.