Rapid drug screen cost in New York
In New York, 48 hospitals publish a cash price for rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day: from $8.30 to $273.24, with a median of $30.77. The lowest price is at Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Elmira) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 32.9× the lowest.
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 Sep 24, 2026.
Lowest$8.30Arnot Ogden Medical Center + 2 more
Median$30.77half pay less
Highest$273.24in New York
Lowest saves$22.47vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center lowest Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs - Rapid Drug Screen, Urine | $8.30 | $41.50 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital lowest Bath · Corning, NY HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs - Rapid Drug Screen, Urine | $8.30 | $41.50 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus lowest Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs - Toxicology Screen Urine | $8.30 | $41.50 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY CHG DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE | $8.36 | $38.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRUG SCRN, PRSMPTV DIRECT | $12.60 | $39.27 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRUG SCRN, PRSMPTV DIRECT | $12.60 | $39.27 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRUG SCRN, PRSMPTV DIRECT | $12.60 | $39.27 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRUG SCRN, PRSMPTV DIRECT | $12.60 | $39.27 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRUG SCRN, PRSMPTV DIRECT | $12.60 | $39.27 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRUG SCRN, PRSMPTV DIRECT | $12.60 | $39.27 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $15.12 | $181.13 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $15.12 | $94.46 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $15.12 | $94.46 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $15.12 | $94.46 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $15.40 | $22.00 | — source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY CHG DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE | $19.00 | $19.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY HB Drugs of Abuse Scrn, UR | $20.00 | — | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY CHG DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE | $20.00 | $40.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs - Toxicology Screen Urine | $22.00 | $22.00 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs - Toxicology Screen Urine | $22.00 | $22.00 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs - Toxicology Screen Urine | $22.00 | $22.00 | — source file |
| Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE | $24.57 | $37.80 | — source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE | $24.57 | $37.80 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE | $28.98 | $44.59 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE | $32.56 | $50.10 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY PR Drug Test(S) Presumptive Any Class Direct Optical Observation Only | $34.00 | $34.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $34.85 | $41.00 | — source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Drug Test(S) Presumptive Any Class Direct Optical Observation Only | $35.10 | $54.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC DRUG TESTS_ PRESUMPTIVE READ BY DIRECT OPTICAL OBSERVATION ONLY | $35.17 | $54.11 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC DRUG TESTS_ PRESUMPTIVE READ BY DIRECT OPTICAL OBSERVATION ONLY | $35.17 | $54.11 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC DRUG TESTS_ PRESUMPTIVE READ BY DIRECT OPTICAL OBSERVATION ONLY | $35.17 | $54.11 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $38.59 | $38.59 | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY HC POCT Drug Test(S) Presumptive Any Class Direct Optical Observation Only | $40.95 | $63.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC DRUG TESTS_ PRESUMPTIVE READ BY DIRECT OPTICAL OBSERVATION ONLY | $43.29 | $54.11 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $46.72 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs - Post Vasectomy Semen Analysis | $47.46 | $237.30 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DRUG TST,PRESMP,OBSV ONLY/DOS | $50.00 | $50.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HB Drugs of Abuse Scrn, UR | $51.00 | — | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs | $56.24 | $80.34 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY CHG DRUG TEST PRSMV READ DIRECT OPTICAL OBS PR DATE | $76.00 | $76.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ TESTING FOR PRESENCE OF DRUG; READ BY DIRECT OBSERVATION | $87.00 | $87.00 | — source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $98.25 | $98.25 | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs | $175.50 | $195.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs | $175.50 | $195.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs | $175.50 | $195.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs | $175.50 | $195.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Drug Test Prsmv Dir Opt Obs | $175.50 | $195.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $273.24 | $303.60 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 22 | $12.60 | $36.72 |
| Rochester, NY | 6 | $20.00 | $35.17 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 5 | $15.40 | $22.00 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 3 | $24.57 | $24.57 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 2 | $34.00 | $34.55 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $8.30 | $8.30 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $32.56 | $32.56 |
| Corning, NY | 1 | $8.30 | $8.30 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $76.00 | $76.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $47.46 | $47.46 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 1 | $8.36 | $8.36 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $19.00 | $19.00 |
| Syracuse, NY | 1 | $40.95 | $40.95 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $20.00 | $20.00 |
What it is
This code covers a quick drug screen, such as a urine cup, dipstick or card, where the result is read by eye. It gives presumptive results for classes of drugs and is used in clinics, emergency departments and for some employment testing.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the screen for all drug classes on the device, billed once per day. Confirmation testing of a positive result and any formal chain-of-custody collection are billed separately.
Rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day in other states
- Alabama$160.03
- Alaska$78.78
- Arizona$12.35
- Arkansas$24.00
- California$84.76
- Colorado$29.15
- Connecticut$27.60
- Florida$44.10
- Georgia$230.06
- Hawaii$89.40
- Idaho$56.00
- Illinois$40.00
- Indiana$55.10
- Iowa$25.60
- Kansas$24.70
- Kentucky$76.56
- Louisiana$18.70
- Maine$26.40
- Maryland$26.55
- Massachusetts$39.09
- Michigan$34.00
- Minnesota$33.00
- Mississippi$33.21
- Missouri$71.04
- Montana$75.20
- Nebraska$100.48
- Nevada$12.00
- New Hampshire$24.75
- New Jersey$14.49
- North Carolina$96.53
- North Dakota$64.97
- Ohio$57.85
- Oklahoma$28.80
- Oregon$71.49
- Pennsylvania$32.40
- Puerto Rico$24.00
- Rhode Island$33.00
- South Carolina$37.00
- South Dakota$58.40
- Tennessee$19.20
- Texas$118.80
- Utah$171.10
- Vermont$38.00
- Virginia$20.20
- Washington$63.35
- West Virginia$34.75
- Wisconsin$50.73
- Wyoming$25.27
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.