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.
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Lactate/Lactic Acid
Hemphill, TX
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Preferred Hospital Leasing Hemphill, Inc.’s median price of $24 is 8% above the median hospital's median price ($23), higher than 53% 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: 5 payers, 5 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $17.40 | $17.40 | $17.40 – $17.40 |
| 2 | Bcbs Tx medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · both | $24.30 | $24.30 | $24.30 – $24.30 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $24.88 | $24.88 | $24.88 – $24.88 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $29.79 | $29.79 | $29.79 – $29.79 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · both | $49.98 | $49.98 | $49.98 – $49.98 |
Last updated: Feb 10, 2026
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