Lab tests CPT 80307 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lab drug screen cost in Augusta, GA — inpatient

In Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, 3 hospitals list a cash price for drug screen by lab instrument (any number of drug classes) as an inpatient: from $128.31 to $142.45, with a median of $142.45. The lowest listed price is at Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col — $14.14 less than the median here. Across Georgia, the median is $128.31 at 90 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 80307, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 1, 2026.

Lowest$128.31Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col

Median$142.45half of hospitals charge less

Highest$142.45in this market

Difference1.1×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC.

median

Lowest $128.31Highest $142.45

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col lowest Augusta, GA · (706) 721-6569 Hc Drug Test Prsmv Chem Anlyzr File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$128.31	$329.00	—	61%
Piedmont McDuffie Hospital Thomson, GA · (706) 595-1411 HC Drug Test Prsmv Chem Anlyzr File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$142.45	$474.83	$0.01–$427.35	70%
Piedmont Augusta Augusta, GA · (706) 722-9011 HC Drug Test Prsmv Chem Anlyzr File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$142.45	$474.83	$0.01–$427.35	70%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $128.31, median $142.45, highest $142.45 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $142.45 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80307 ($125.00). 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 McDuffie Hospital Thomson, GAHC Medtox Drug Screen	$4.80	file
Piedmont Augusta Augusta, GAHC Medtox Drug Screen	$4.80	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.