{ "name": "Background Check Quotes Background Check Price Index", "title": "Background Check Price Index", "url": "https://backgroundcheckquotes.com/datasets/background-check-price-index/", "csv": "https://backgroundcheckquotes.com/datasets/background-check-price-index.csv", "markdown": "https://backgroundcheckquotes.com/datasets/background-check-price-index/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-09-15", "license": "https://backgroundcheckquotes.com/terms", "headline": "The median published figure in the Background Check Price Index is 61.49 USD across 2 sources' own pages (range 29.99 to 93 USD), read 15 September 2026.", "quotes": [ "The median published figure in the Background Check Price Index is 61.49 USD across 2 sources' own pages (range 29.99 to 93 USD), read 15 September 2026.", "2 of the 18 named sources read in full publish a figure; 16 publish none, read 15 September 2026.", "Background Check Price Index, market employment: median 29.99 USD across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.", "Background Check Price Index, market consumer drug test: median 93 USD across 1 source, read 15 September 2026." ], "citation": "\"Background Check Quotes Background Check Price Index\", updated 2026-09-15, https://backgroundcheckquotes.com/datasets/background-check-price-index/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "USD", "n": 2, "median": 61.495, "min": 29.99, "max": 93, "p25": 14.237499999999997, "p75": 108.7525, "mean": 61.495, "units": { "USD": 2 }, "published_sources": 2, "named_sources": 19, "read_sources": 18, "not_published": 16, "published_share": 0.111 }, "by_axis": { "market": { "employment": { "USD": { "n": 1, "median": 29.99, "min": 29.99, "max": 29.99, "p25": 29.99, "p75": 29.99, "mean": 29.99 } }, "consumer drug test": { "USD": { "n": 1, "median": 93, "min": 93, "max": 93, "p25": 93, "p75": 93, "mean": 93 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "GoodHire pricing", "url": "https://www.goodhire.com/pricing/", "figure": "$29.99", "value": 29.99, "unit": "USD", "axis": { "market": "employment" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "quote": "starting from $29.99/check", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "44d2f7f2b7fd095d0470c2b4342f081ff53c79827b715d7413043c53922748ce" }, { "source": "Health Street: 10 panel urine drug test", "url": "https://www.health-street.net/product/10-panel-urine/", "figure": "$93.", "value": 93, "unit": "USD", "axis": { "market": "consumer drug test" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "quote": "A 10 Panel Urine Drug Test costs $93.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "b430bc15fd89f93e9b5e04e0d02a7dbdee8439d12d896955393c241cd3ab2226" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "GoodHire TrueMe pricing", "url": "https://www.goodhire.com/trueme/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "iprospectcheck pricing", "url": "https://iprospectcheck.com/pricing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Checkr: background checks for employment", "url": "https://checkr.com/background-check", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "TransUnion SmartMove pricing", "url": "https://www.mysmartmove.com/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "TransUnion SmartMove pricing FAQs", "url": "https://www.mysmartmove.com/transunion-smartmove-frequently-asked-questions/pricing-frequently-asked-questions", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "RentPrep tenant screening packages and pricing", "url": "https://rentprep.com/guide/packages-pricing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "RentPrep: how much does tenant screening cost", "url": "https://rentprep.com/blog/landlord-tips/how-much-does-tenant-screening-cost/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Health Street: 8 panel urine drug test", "url": "https://www.health-street.net/product/8-panel-urine-drug-test/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Health Street: instant 7 panel drug test", "url": "https://www.health-street.net/product/instant-7-panel/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Health Street: instant 10 panel urine drug test", "url": "https://www.health-street.net/product/instant-10-panel-urine-drug-test/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Health Street: drug testing services", "url": "https://www.health-street.net/drug-tests/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Health Street: urine drug testing", "url": "https://www.health-street.net/drug-tests/urine/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Any Lab Test Now: 10 panel drug test (urine)", "url": "https://www.anylabtestnow.com/tests/10-panel-drug-test-urine/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Any Lab Test Now: 5 panel drug test (urine)", "url": "https://www.anylabtestnow.com/tests/5-panel-drug-test-urine/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Any Lab Test Now: drug and alcohol testing", "url": "https://www.anylabtestnow.com/drugs-alcohol/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "US Drug Test Centers: order a drug, alcohol or hair test", "url": "https://www.usdrugtestcenters.com/order-test.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-11", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.goodhire.com/pricing/", "label": "GoodHire pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.goodhire.com/trueme/pricing", "label": "GoodHire TrueMe pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://iprospectcheck.com/pricing/", "label": "iprospectcheck pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://checkr.com/background-check", "label": "Checkr: background checks for employment", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.mysmartmove.com/pricing", "label": "TransUnion SmartMove pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.mysmartmove.com/transunion-smartmove-frequently-asked-questions/pricing-frequently-asked-questions", "label": "TransUnion SmartMove pricing FAQs", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://rentprep.com/guide/packages-pricing/", "label": "RentPrep tenant screening packages and pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://rentprep.com/blog/landlord-tips/how-much-does-tenant-screening-cost/", "label": "RentPrep: how much does tenant screening cost", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.health-street.net/product/10-panel-urine/", "label": "Health Street: 10 panel urine drug test", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.health-street.net/product/8-panel-urine-drug-test/", "label": "Health Street: 8 panel urine drug test", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.health-street.net/product/instant-7-panel/", "label": "Health Street: instant 7 panel drug test", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.health-street.net/product/instant-10-panel-urine-drug-test/", "label": "Health Street: instant 10 panel urine drug test", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.health-street.net/drug-tests/", "label": "Health Street: drug testing services", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.health-street.net/drug-tests/urine/", "label": "Health Street: urine drug testing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.anylabtestnow.com/tests/10-panel-drug-test-urine/", "label": "Any Lab Test Now: 10 panel drug test (urine)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.anylabtestnow.com/tests/5-panel-drug-test-urine/", "label": "Any Lab Test Now: 5 panel drug test (urine)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.anylabtestnow.com/drugs-alcohol/", "label": "Any Lab Test Now: drug and alcohol testing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.usdrugtestcenters.com/order-test.html", "label": "US Drug Test Centers: order a drug, alcohol or hair test", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-reports/2025-consumer-reporting-company-list/", "label": "the seller universe", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through the estate's fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 18 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 16 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 12 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. Derivation as chartered: one row per seller per package: the advertised price, what the package contains, the set-up fee and the add-on prices, read from the seller's own pricing page. Ours: the median, minimum and maximum advertised price for the SAME package shape (a basic county-criminal check, a full employment screen, a tenant screen with credit, a five- and a ten-panel urine test, a hair test), the share of sellers that publish a price at all versus quote-only - measured, and it is a striking number: the largest CRAs (Sterling, HireRight, First Advantage, VICTIG, Universal) publish none - and repriced-since the previous read.", "embed": "

61.49 USD

median published figure, Background Check Price Index, across 2 sources, read 15 September 2026

Source: Background Check Quotes Background Check Price Index
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