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
Drug test presumptive; read by instrument-assisted direct optical observation
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Low
$1
Average
$55
Median
$24
High
$291
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey, IL | $31 | $31 | — | — | — | $31 – $31 |
| 2 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $20 | $21 | $2 | 10% | — | $19 – $25 |
| 3 | William Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe, MI | $14 | $14 | — | — | — | $14 – $14 |
| 4 | Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 5 | MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center Laguna Hills, CA | $125 | $124 | $15 | 12% | — | $109 – $151 |
| 6 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $20 | $21 | $2 | 10% | — | $19 – $25 |
| 7 | Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA | $131 | $140 | $33 | 24% | — | $91 – $181 |
| 8 | OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria, IL | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 9 | Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX | $72 | $72 | $3 | 4% | — | $66 – $74 |
| 10 | Vhs Of Arrowhead, Inc Surprise, AZ | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
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