Rapid drug screen cost in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day: from $12.87 to $179.45, with a median of $28.01. The lowest price is at St Joseph Hospital of Nashua (Nashua). The highest price is 13.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $28.01, is 51% below the US median of $57.20.
- That is 2.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($12.60).
- New Hampshire ranks 8th of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 80305. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 7, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$12.87St Joseph Hospital of Nashua
Median$28.01half of hospitals charge less
Highest$179.45in New Hampshire
Lowest saves$15.14vs the median
Hospitals in New Hampshire, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua lowest Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPTICAL OBS | $12.87 | $33.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $23.20 | $40.00 | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Hospital Claremont · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $24.75 | $45.00 | Jun 6, 2026 source file |
| Huggins Hospital Wolfeboro · Wolfeboro, NH DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $27.50 | $55.00 | May 28, 2026 source file |
| Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT Urine Drug Screen POC | $28.52 | $46.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Weeks Medical Center Lancaster · Lancaster, NH DRUG TEST, PRESUMP, DIRECT OBV | $39.20 | $70.00 | Nov 12, 2026 source file |
| Southern NH Medical Center Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE | $56.61 | $153.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester · Manchester-Nashua, NH Hc Drug Test Prsmv Read Direct Optical Obs Pr Date | $179.45 | $485.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 3 | $23.20 | $24.75 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 3 | $12.87 | $56.61 |
| Lancaster, NH | 1 | $39.20 | $39.20 |
| Wolfeboro, NH | 1 | $27.50 | $27.50 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What rapid drug screen is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Rapid drug screen explained.
Rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day in other states
- Alabama$47.30
- Alaska$83.00
- Arizona$16.85
- Arkansas$27.04
- California$84.76
- Colorado$65.65
- Connecticut$27.60, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$105.34, 2 hospitals
- Florida$100.00
- Georgia$72.00
- Hawaii$89.40
- Idaho$60.00
- Illinois$81.90
- Indiana$99.56
- Iowa$78.64
- Kansas$50.98
- Kentucky$41.00
- Louisiana$23.70
- Maine$22.31
- Maryland$26.55, 4 hospitals
- Massachusetts$49.10
- Michigan$37.61
- Minnesota$58.40
- Mississippi$36.05
- Missouri$68.00
- Montana$117.50
- Nebraska$100.80
- Nevada$189.00
- New Jersey$14.49
- New Mexico$20.25
- New York$34.85
- North Carolina$99.00
- North Dakota$86.40
- Ohio$57.85
- Oklahoma$48.80
- Oregon$67.57
- Pennsylvania$55.65
- Puerto Rico$64.00
- Rhode Island$33.00
- South Carolina$39.60
- South Dakota$58.40
- Tennessee$19.20
- Texas$106.41
- Utah$69.11
- Vermont$38.49
- Virginia$42.70
- Washington$49.65
- West Virginia$36.36
- Wisconsin$57.20
- Wyoming$33.51
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.