Lab drug screen cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for drug screen by lab instrument (any number of drug classes) as an inpatient: from $13.00 to $515.20, with a median of $265.81. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care — $252.81 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $71.42 at 214 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 80307, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC 6956 Lab718 Drug Test Prsmv Chem Anlyzr File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $13.00 | $32.50 | — | 60% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC 6956 Drug Screen 12 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $13.37 | $33.42 | — | 60% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC 6956 Yucda Drg Scr Ql Ea UR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.52 | $38.79 | — | 60% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC 738792 Y-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID SCREEN UA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $16.41 | $65.63 | — | 75% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 6956 Drug Test Prsmv Chem Anlyzr File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $16.50 | $41.25 | — | 60% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Drg Scrn Oxy Conf Urine File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $17.22 | $43.04 | — | 60% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 6956 13246r Drg Scrn Class A+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $18.60 | $46.50 | — | 60% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC LC 791750 KRATOM (MITRAGYNINE) SCREEN UA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $20.00 | $80.00 | — | 75% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC 6956 Drug Screen Presc/Otc File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $22.00 | $55.00 | — | 60% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC 6956 Drug Screen, Plasme File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $24.54 | $61.35 | — | 60% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC 6959 Ethyl Glucuronide Scr, Urine File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $51.92 | $129.80 | — | 60% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC 6959 Ghbur Drgscn Ql Chr UR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $68.40 | $171.00 | — | 60% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC DRUG SCREEN BLOOD SEND OUT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $80.75 | $323.00 | — | 75% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC LAB5166 SCVMC DRUG SCREEN URINE, NEONATE, CANNABINOIDS *8+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $90.00 | $360.00 | — | 75% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC DRUG TEST PRSMV INSTRMNT CHEMISTRY ANALYZERS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $437.75 | $1,751.00 | — | 75% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 DRUG TST PRSMV INSTRMNT CHEM ANALYZERS PR DATE source file | $515.20 | $920.00 | $57.00–$180.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 DRUG TST PRSMV INSTRMNT CHEM ANALYZERS PR DATE source file | $515.20 | $920.00 | $57.00–$180.00 | 44% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Labdoa Drug Tst Prsmv Anlyzr File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,264.00 | $3,160.00 | — | 60% |
Inpatient: lowest $13.00, median $265.81, highest $515.20 — a 39.6× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $31.05 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 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.
15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 738526 TOXASSURE BARBITURATES 3/16 | $1.67 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 738526 TOXASSURE 6-ACETYLMORPHINE 15/16 | $1.67 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 738526 TOXASSURE ETHYL ALCOHOL 8/16 | $1.67 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 738526 TOXASSURE CANNABINOIDS 6/16 | $1.67 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC TOXASSURE 701972 6-ACETYLMORPHINE 19/20 | $1.70 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC TOXASSURE 701972 BARBITURATES 3/20 | $1.70 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC TOXASSURE 701972 CANNABINOIDS 6/20 | $1.70 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC TOXASSURE 701972 ETHYL ALCOHOL 8/20 | $1.70 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC TOXASSURE 701972 ETG/ETS 9/20 | $1.70 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC COMPREHENSIVE DRUG ANALYSIS, CHEM ANALYZER 6-ACETYLMORPHINE 5/17 LABCORP | $2.06 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 738754 ETG/ETS TOXASSURE ADD LC#738754 | $7.50 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS REFLEX LC#701106 | $8.75 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 701106 SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS SCREEN W/RFLX CONFIRM LC#701106 | $11.25 | file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CAHC 6911 12093r Screen Heroin U | $12.00 | file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA6911 Pain Mangmt Prof 4 W/Conf U | $12.27 | file |