Lab drug screen cost in Durham, NC
In Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for drug screen by lab instrument (any number of drug classes): from $61.83 to $188.40, with a median of $125.12. The lowest listed price is at Duke Regional Hospital — $63.29 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $48.00 at 63 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Regional Hospital lowest Durham, NC · (919) 470-4000 Drug Test Presumptive+1 more line at this price source file | $61.83 | $229.00 | $13.64–$229.00 | 73% |
| Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC · (919) 470-4000 Drug Screen Aegis - Blood+1 more line at this price source file | $83.97 | $311.00 | $58.83–$311.00 | 73% |
| Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC · (919) 470-4000 Drug Screen Aegis - Urine+1 more line at this price source file | $153.36 | $568.00 | $58.83–$568.00 | 73% |
| Person Memorial Hospital Roxboro, NC · (336) 599-2121 Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes, any number of devices or procedures; by instrument chemistry analyzers (eg, utilizing immunoassay [eg, EIA, ELISA, EMIT, FPIA, IA, KIMS, RIA]), chromatography (eg, GC, HPLC), and mass spectrometry either with or without chromatography, (eg, DART source file | $188.40 | $471.00 | $272.19 | 60% |
Outpatient: lowest $61.83, median $125.12, highest $188.40 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $61.83. 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 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 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 ($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 |
|---|---|---|
| Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NCSingle Drug Class Screen Ea | $11.88 | file |
| Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NCSingle Drug Class Screen Ea | $11.88 | file |