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
Low
$1
Average
$86
Median
$63
High
$4.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $93 | $97 | $29 | 30% | 263–308 | $44 – $142 |
| 2 | Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center Houston, TX | $91 | $263 | $266 | 101% | 120–183 | $31 – $906 |
| 3 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $66 | $64 | $18 | 29% | 103–139 | $40 – $87 |
| 4 | Dignity Health Phoenix, AZ | $47 | $75 | $44 | 59% | 74–209 | $18 – $194 |
| 5 | Methodist University Hospital MEMPHIS, TN | $43 | $55 | $48 | 88% | 54–162 | $18 – $212 |
| 6 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO | $74 | $71 | $23 | 33% | 41–104 | $43 – $119 |
| 7 | Christian Hospital St. Louis, MO | $74 | $70 | $24 | 34% | 33–87 | $43 – $119 |
| 8 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $64 | $72 | $31 | 43% | 25–52 | $43 – $122 |
| 9 | Commonspirit Oregon Roseburg, OR | $303 | $438 | $402 | 92% | 25–133 | $34 – $1.3k |
| 10 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $46 | $63 | $55 | 87% | 21–75 | $11 – $223 |
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