Background check price: Background Check Price Index
The median published figure in the Background Check Price Index is 79 USD across 3 sources' own pages (range 29.99 to 93 USD), read 11 October 2026.
3 of the 18 named sources read in full publish a figure; 15 publish none, read 11 October 2026.
The median is up 17.51 USD since 26 September 2026 (was 61.49 USD across 2).
By market and package shape
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| marketemployment | 29.99USD | 29.99 to 29.99USD | 1 |
| marketconsumer drug test | 93USD | 93 to 93USD | 1 |
| package shapefive-panel urine | 79USD | 79 to 79USD | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Street: 10 panel urine drug test | 93USD | consumer drug test | 2026-10-11 |
| Health Street: urine drug testing | 79USD | five-panel urine | 2026-10-11 |
| GoodHire pricing | 29.99USD | employment | 2026-10-11 |
The sentence each figure was read from (3)
- Health Street: 10 panel urine drug test, read 2026-10-11:
A 10 Panel Urine Drug Test costs $93.
- Health Street: urine drug testing, read 2026-10-11:
$79
- GoodHire pricing, read 2026-10-11:
starting from $29.99/check
Read in full, publishes no figure
15 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- GoodHire TrueMe pricing, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- iprospectcheck pricing, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Checkr: background checks for employment, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- TransUnion SmartMove pricing, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- TransUnion SmartMove pricing FAQs, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- RentPrep tenant screening packages and pricing, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- RentPrep: how much does tenant screening cost, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Health Street: 8 panel urine drug test, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Health Street: instant 7 panel drug test, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Health Street: instant 10 panel urine drug test, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Health Street: drug testing services, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Any Lab Test Now: 10 panel drug test (urine), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Any Lab Test Now: 5 panel drug test (urine), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Any Lab Test Now: drug and alcohol testing, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- US Drug Test Centers: order a drug, alcohol or hair test, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our 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).
3 of the 18 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 15 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; 40 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): 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.
40 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (19)
- GoodHire pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GoodHire TrueMe pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- iprospectcheck pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Checkr: background checks for employment(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- TransUnion SmartMove pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- TransUnion SmartMove pricing FAQs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RentPrep tenant screening packages and pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RentPrep: how much does tenant screening cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Health Street: 10 panel urine drug test(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Health Street: 8 panel urine drug test(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Health Street: instant 7 panel drug test(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Health Street: instant 10 panel urine drug test(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Health Street: drug testing services(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Health Street: urine drug testing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Any Lab Test Now: 10 panel drug test (urine)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Any Lab Test Now: 5 panel drug test (urine)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Any Lab Test Now: drug and alcohol testing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- US Drug Test Centers: order a drug, alcohol or hair test(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- the seller universe(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Background Check Price Index is 79 USD across 3 sources' own pages (range 29.99 to 93 USD), read 11 October 2026.
3 of the 18 named sources read in full publish a figure; 15 publish none, read 11 October 2026.
Background Check Price Index, market employment: median 29.99 USD across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Background Check Price Index, market consumer drug test: median 93 USD across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Background Check Price Index, package shape five-panel urine: median 79 USD across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
The median is up 17.51 USD since 26 September 2026 (was 61.49 USD across 2).
Cite as: "Background Check Quotes Background Check Price Index", updated 2026-10-19, https://backgroundcheckquotes.com/datasets/background-check-price-index/.
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