Drug screening test
Facility: Reading Hospital
Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $82 compared to the $91 fair price benchmark.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.90× fair market pricing.
A typical price — 4 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 PA hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a Drug screening test is about $91 (about 0.8× the $114 Medicare rate). Reading Hospital charges insurers about $82, or about $170 in cash — about the fair price. Located in West Reading, PA.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $80 - $137 | 70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $56 - $384 | 49% |
| Aetnamajor | $77 - $186 | 67% |
| Cignamajor | $82 - $197 | 72% |
| AmeriHealth | $82 | 72% |
| Geisinger | $77 - $218 | 67% |
| Health Net | $64 - $155 | 56% |
| HealthPartners | $82 | 72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $57 - $186 | 50% |
| + 7 smaller / regional plans | $57 - $327 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
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A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Reading Hospital
Compare: Drug screening test at other PA hospitals
- Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital · Greensburg $79
- Excela Health - Frick Hospital · Mount Pleasant $79
- Excela Health Latrobe Hospital · Latrobe $79
- Lower Bucks Hospital · Bristol $80
- Surgical Institute of Reading · Wyomissing $83
- Roxborough Memorial Hospital · Philadelphia $95
- Allegheny General Hospital · Pittsburgh $102
- West Penn Hospital · Pittsburgh $102
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Reading Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $89
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $89).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($170) Beats Your Bill
Reading Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $170 (vs. $82 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $91 Fair BaseRate ($114 Medicare)
Your bill ($244) is $153 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($91) and 2.1× the $114 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.