Lab drug screen cost in Athens, GA
In Athens-Clarke County, GA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for drug screen by lab instrument (any number of drug classes): from $23.40 to $142.45, with a median of $82.93. The lowest listed price is at St Mary's Hospital — $59.53 less than the median here. Across Georgia, the median is $128.31 at 92 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 80307, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2025 and Jul 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 Athens-Clarke County, GA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Hospital lowest Athens, GA · (706) 389-3000 HC WARDE DRUG TEST(S) PRESUMPTIVE ANY CLASS INSTRUMENT CHEMISTRY File of Jan 1, 2025 · source file | $23.40 | $36.00 | $21.17–$28.80 | 35% |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Athens, GA · (706) 475-7000 HC Drug Test Prsmv Chem Anlyzr File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $142.45 | $474.83 | $0.01–$389.36 | 70% |
| St Mary's Hospital Athens, GA · (706) 389-3000 HC DRUG TEST(S) PRESUMPTIVE ANY CLASS INSTRUMENT CHEMISTRY ANALY+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2025 · source file | $247.65 | $381.00 | $62.14–$304.80 | 35% |
Outpatient: lowest $23.40, median $82.93, highest $142.45 — a 6.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $142.45. 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 2 of 2 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 it is
This lab drug screen checks a urine or blood sample for many drug classes using lab instruments. It is used in emergency care, pain management and some workplace or legal testing.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test; collecting the sample may be billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80307 ($127.60). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Athens Regional Athens, GAHC Medtox Drug Screen | $4.80 | file |