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
HC Laboratory Testing
Based on 28,594–35,497 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$15
Average
$375
Median
$322
High
$3.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO | $345 | $372 | $115 | 31% | 3,473–3,536 | $223 – $628 |
| 2 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $308 | $331 | $121 | 36% | 2,624–2,633 | $245 – $750 |
| 3 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL | $331 | $472 | $285 | 60% | 2,556–2,565 | $110 – $938 |
| 4 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Elizabethtown, KY | $414 | $1.0k | $1.0k | 101% | 2,530 | $105 – $3.3k |
| 5 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $257 | $227 | $109 | 48% | 1,945–1,972 | $38 – $421 |
| 6 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $494 | $502 | $138 | 28% | 1,541–1,568 | $264 – $826 |
| 7 | Christian Hospital St. Louis, MO | $489 | $440 | $118 | 27% | 1,061–1,097 | $241 – $628 |
| 8 | Methodist Medical Center of Illinois Peoria, IL | $263 | $304 | $101 | 33% | 657–666 | $166 – $556 |
| 9 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $342 | $306 | $126 | 41% | 628–745 | $83 – $428 |
| 10 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $284 | $609 | $849 | 139% | 545–581 | $24 – $2.9k |
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