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; instrumented chemistry analyzers
Prices here combine facility and professional fees. See them separately →Experimental
Low
$1
Average
$205
Median
$89
High
$1.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey, IL | $123 | $123 | — | — | — | $123 – $123 |
| 2 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $81 | $84 | $8 | 10% | — | $77 – $101 |
| 3 | William Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe, MI | $64 | $64 | — | — | — | $64 – $64 |
| 4 | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St. Louis Chesterfield, MO | $395 | $395 | — | — | — | $395 – $395 |
| 5 | Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA | $98 | $98 | — | — | — | $98 – $98 |
| 6 | MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center Laguna Hills, CA | $498 | $497 | $59 | 12% | — | $436 – $602 |
| 7 | St Francis Hospital Colorado Springs, CO | $85 | $91 | $34 | 38% | — | $44 – $160 |
| 8 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $81 | $84 | $8 | 9% | — | $77 – $101 |
| 9 | Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA | $524 | $561 | $133 | 24% | — | $365 – $722 |
| 10 | The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
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