Lab drug screen cost in Chico, CA
In Chico, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for drug screen by lab instrument (any number of drug classes): from $14.00 to $85.18, with a median of $49.59. The lowest listed price is at Oroville Hospital — $35.59 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $71.42 at 214 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 80307, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 26, 2026 and Sep 26, 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 Chico, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oroville Hospital lowest Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 *Tox Profile-high Cmplx | $14.00 | $27.00 | $7.00–$30.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital lowest Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 *Benzodiazepine Scrn-ser | $14.00 | $27.00 | $7.00–$30.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital lowest Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 *Drug Screen Prsmpt 1clss | $14.00 | $27.00 | $7.00–$30.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital lowest Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 *Tox Profile-class A | $14.00 | $27.00 | $7.00–$30.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Benzodiazepine Screen | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Phencyclidine Screen | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Cannabinoid Screen | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Cocaine Screen | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Alcohol, Ethyl Urine | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Drug Screen-mdma | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Methamphetamine Scrn | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Methadone Screen | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Tricyclic Screen | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Buprenorphine, Urine | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Drug Screen-oxycodone | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Opiate Screen | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Amphetamine Screen | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Barbiturate Screen | $33.00 | $65.00 | $18.00–$103.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Orchard Hospital Gridley, CA · (530) 846-5671 Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers | $85.18 | $141.96 | $36.91–$131.31 | 40% | Sep 26, 2026 source file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA · (530) 533-8500 Drg Scrn Prsmv Chem Anlyz | $165.00 | $330.00 | $62.00–$363.00 | 50% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $14.00, median $49.59, highest $85.18 — a 6.1× difference within the same market.
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 ($128.28). 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.
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA*Ethanol, Urine | $4.00 | file |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA*Drug Screen Class List A | $9.00 | file |