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
LABORATORY - CHEMISTRY
Low
$2
Average
$48
Median
$28
High
$4.7k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1161 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 5.1× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 695 | $17 – $17 |
| 2 | St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 6 | $45 | $49 | $8 | 16% | 64–109 | $37 – $58 |
| 3 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 3 | $40 | $31 | $11 | 35% | 5–50 | $18 – $40 |
| 4 | Progress West Hospital O'Fallon, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $40 | $40 | $0 | 0% | 5–50 | $40 – $40 |
| 5 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $32 | $32 | — | — | 5–50 | $32 – $32 |
| 6 | LUCILE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD PALO ALTO, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $435 | $265 | $208 | 79% | 3–30 | $10 – $435 |
| 7 | Allina Health Systems Shakopee, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $46 | $48 | $17 | 36% | 2–20 | $18 – $69 |
| 8 | Allina Health Systems Owatonna, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $46 | $48 | $17 | 36% | 2–20 | $18 – $69 |
| 9 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $46 | $48 | $17 | 36% | 2–20 | $18 – $69 |
| 10 | Allina Health Systems Faribualt, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $46 | $48 | $17 | 36% | 2–20 | $18 – $69 |
| 11 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $46 | $48 | $17 | 36% | 2–20 | $18 – $69 |
| 12 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $34 | $34 | — | — | 2–20 | $34 – $34 |
| 13 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO fee schedule · both | 3 | $72 | $70 | $3 | 4% | 2–20 | $66 – $72 |
| 14 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 11 | $52 | $44 | $16 | 36% | 2–20 | $12 – $56 |
| 15 | Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 7 | $25 | $37 | $32 | 87% | 2–20 | $6 – $99 |
| 16 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $8 | $8 | — | — | 2–20 | $8 – $8 |
| 17 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $8 | $8 | — | — | 2–20 | $8 – $8 |
| 18 | Alton Memorial Hospital Alton, IL percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 5 | $56 | $56 | $10 | 18% | 1–10 | $45 – $67 |
| 19 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $25 | $25 | — | — | 1–10 | $25 – $25 |
| 20 | Arkansas Childrens Northwest Springdale, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $25 | $25 | — | — | 1–10 | $25 – $25 |
| 21 | CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs, AR fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $18 | $18 | $1 | 6% | 1–10 | $17 – $19 |
| 22 | Hillsdale Hospital Hillsdale, MI percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $51 | $51 | — | — | 1–10 | $51 – $51 |
| 23 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 5 | $51 | $54 | $7 | 13% | 1–10 | $51 – $68 |
| 24 | Northfield Hospital Northfield, MN other · both | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 1–10 | $17 – $17 |
| 25 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST PARKRIDGE HOSPITAL COLUMBIA, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $39 | $36 | $19 | 52% | 1–10 | $17 – $67 |
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