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Lab tests CPT 80307 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lab drug screen cost in Merced, CA — inpatient

In Merced, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for drug screen by lab instrument (any number of drug classes) as an inpatient: from $12.65 to $735.00, with a median of $373.83. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Medical Center — $361.18 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $77.21 at 208 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 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 Feb 28, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$12.65Mercy Medical Center
Median$373.83half of hospitals charge less
Highest$735.00in this market
Difference58.1×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 Merced, CA.

median
Lowest $12.65Highest $735.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Mercy Medical Center lowest Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 RL-A-CDASU 9A 92187 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $12.65 $24.55 $14.73–$23.08 48%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 RL-A-DRUG SCRSP 92420 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $18.54 $36.00 $21.60–$33.84 49%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 RL-MD-MECONIUM DRG SCRN 3 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $44.08 $85.59 $51.36–$80.46 48%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 RL-Q-DRUG ABUSE SCRN BLD File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $47.62 $92.46 $55.48–$86.92 48%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 H-URINE DRG SCRN8 7573 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $64.89 $126.00 $75.60–$118.44 49%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 RL-MD-MECONIUM DRG SCRN 9 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $65.67 $127.50 $76.50–$119.85 48%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 RL-Q-DRUG ABUSE 9 SERUM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $66.95 $130.00 $78.00–$122.20 49%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 SJM-DRG PRES 5CL NONCH File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $69.53 $135.00 $81.00–$126.90 48%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 RL-MD-MECONUM DRG SCRN 10 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $70.92 $137.70 $82.62–$129.44 48%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 RL-USDTL-MEC 14 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $110.86 $215.25 $129.15–$202.34 48%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 RL-USDTL-UMB DS 14 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $123.21 $239.24 $143.55–$224.89 48%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 H-DRG PRES 5Q HI NOPT7574 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $213.73 $415.00 $249.00–$390.10 48%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 DRG PRESUM 8 QL HI NO OPT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $251.84 $489.00 $293.40–$459.66 48%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA · (209) 564-5000 DRG PRES 7CL NONCH NO OPT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $381.62 $741.00 $444.60–$696.54 48%
Memorial Hospital Los Banos Los Banos, CA · (209) 826-0591 HCHG CORE DRUG SCREEN CLASS LIST A+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $735.00 $735.00 — —
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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $12.65, median $373.83, highest $735.00 — a 58.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $373.83 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.

6 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CARL-A-OXY RFX UR 2005100 $6.67 file
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CARL-A-AMP RFX U 2012209 $7.26 file
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CARL-A-CDASU 9 92186 $7.73 file
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CARL-A-COTININE 2007081 $9.27 file
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CARL-A-CDASUALC 92280 $10.60 file
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CARL-A-CDASU 7 92184 $11.29 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.