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 - ASSAY OF LACTATE
Elizabethtown, NY
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Elizabethtown Community Hospital’s median price of $153 is 580% above the median hospital's median price ($23), higher than 94% of the 2,623 hospitals reporting CPT 83605. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 14 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.99 | $10.99 | $10.99 – $10.99 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $102.22 | $102.22 | $102.22 – $102.22 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $102.22 | $102.22 | $102.22 – $102.22 |
| 4 | Excellus medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $102.22 | $102.22 | $102.22 – $102.22 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $102.22 | $102.22 | $102.22 – $102.22 |
| 6 | Excellus managed medicaid/essential plans facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $107.60 | $107.60 | $107.60 – $107.60 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue access facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $158.71 | $158.71 | $158.71 – $158.71 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield individual network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $163.55 | $163.55 | $163.55 – $163.55 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/pos/epo/ppo/ind facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $166.78 | $166.78 | $166.78 – $166.78 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $174.85 | $174.85 | $174.85 – $174.85 |
| 11 | Excellus commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $202.18 | $202.18 | $202.18 – $202.18 |
| 12 | Highmark ind/fep/ppo/hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $219.24 | $219.24 | $219.24 – $219.24 |
| 13 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $242.10 | $242.10 | $242.10 – $242.10 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $247.75 | $247.75 | $247.75 – $247.75 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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