Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HC PRA/INTERFERING SUBSTANCE SCREEN
Based on 1,487–5,924 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$6
Average
$157
Median
$102
High
$3.7k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $128 | $155 | $119 | 77% | 306–2,565 | $46 – $582 |
| 2 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $117 | $190 | $170 | 89% | 199–208 | $49 – $680 |
| 3 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $117 | $190 | $170 | 89% | 199–208 | $49 – $680 |
| 4 | Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center Houston, TX | $98 | $137 | $74 | 54% | 196–259 | $46 – $322 |
| 5 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $651 | $892 | $428 | 48% | 86 | $341 – $1.7k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $329 | $389 | $311 | 80% | 82–406 | $26 – $1.0k |
| 7 | Methodist University Hospital MEMPHIS, TN | $64 | $80 | $69 | 86% | 76–112 | $27 – $286 |
| 8 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $328 | $315 | $80 | 25% | 66–183 | $155 – $409 |
| 9 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $364 | $350 | $62 | 18% | 48–156 | $192 – $409 |
| 10 | Bexar County Hospital District San Antonio, TX | $83 | $117 | $91 | 78% | 36–45 | $33 – $695 |
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