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Amiodarone blood level

CPT 80151the billing code this page is about

A blood test that measures the amount of the heart-rhythm medication amiodarone in the bloodstream.

Hospitals typically charge $56 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,994 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $65. Most fall between $23 and $137 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,994
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,994 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$16$28$56$121$237

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($16 vs $237).

How the prices are spread

$12 – $18: 150 hospitals$12$18 – $25: 198 hospitals$25 – $36: 210 hospitals$25$36 – $52: 280 hospitals$52 – $74: 265 hospitals$52$74 – $106: 231 hospitals$106 – $152: 224 hospitals$106$152 – $219: 123 hospitals$219 – $313: 77 hospitals$219$313 – $449: 56 hospitals$313median $56price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,814 of 1,994 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$12$18150
$18$25198
$25$36210
$36$52280
$52$74265
$74$106231
$106$152224
$152$219123
$219$31377
$313$44956

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $56.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $86 across 14 hospitalsME$86Vermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $71 across 17 hospitalsNH$71Washington: median $51 across 34 hospitalsWA$51Idaho: median $28 across 13 hospitalsID$28Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $35 across 15 hospitalsND$35Minnesota: median $48 across 62 hospitalsMN$48Illinois: median $75 across 73 hospitalsIL$75Wisconsin: median $75 across 88 hospitalsWI$75Michigan: median $29 across 48 hospitalsMI$29New York: median $36 across 67 hospitalsNY$36Massachusetts: median $70 across 39 hospitalsMA$70Oregon: median $75 across 15 hospitalsOR$75Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $106 across 19 hospitalsSD$106Iowa: median $66 across 56 hospitalsIA$66Indiana: median $63 across 66 hospitalsIN$63Ohio: median $47 across 109 hospitalsOH$47Pennsylvania: median $78 across 100 hospitalsPA$78New Jersey: median $21 across 35 hospitalsNJ$21Connecticut: median $58 across 13 hospitalsCT$58Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $44 across 78 hospitalsCA$44Utah: median $50 across 28 hospitalsUT$50Colorado: median $147 across 36 hospitalsCO$147Nebraska: median $108 across 33 hospitalsNE$108Missouri: median $77 across 47 hospitalsMO$77Kentucky: median $134 across 43 hospitalsKY$134West Virginia: median $14 across 24 hospitalsWV$14Virginia: median $68 across 60 hospitalsVA$68Maryland: median $49 across 28 hospitalsMD$49Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $50 across 25 hospitalsAZ$50New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $88 across 48 hospitalsKS$88Arkansas: median $45 across 25 hospitalsAR$45Tennessee: median $33 across 49 hospitalsTN$33North Carolina: median $42 across 75 hospitalsNC$42South Carolina: median $72 across 29 hospitalsSC$72Oklahoma: median $86 across 40 hospitalsOK$86Louisiana: median $42 across 32 hospitalsLA$42Mississippi: median $25 across 36 hospitalsMS$25Alabama: median $53 across 13 hospitalsAL$53Georgia: median $43 across 71 hospitalsGA$43Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $125 across 130 hospitalsTX$125Florida: median $19 across 108 hospitalsFL$19
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $56. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Colorado CO36$147+163%$36 – $303
Kentucky KY43$134+140%$31 – $546
Texas TX130$125+124%$53 – $537
Nebraska NE33$108+93%$58 – $218
South Dakota SD19$106+89%$36 – $202
Kansas KS48$88+58%$38 – $262
Maine ME14$86+54%$21 – $132
Oklahoma OK40$86+53%$40 – $130
Pennsylvania PA100$78+39%$21 – $178
Missouri MO47$77+37%$40 – $174
Illinois IL73$75+34%$45 – $152
Wisconsin WI88$75+34%$34 – $117
Oregon OR15$75+34%$22 – $91
South Carolina SC29$72+29%$42 – $150
New Hampshire NH17$71+27%$17 – $131
Massachusetts MA39$70+25%$28 – $158
Virginia VA60$68+22%$16 – $136
Iowa IA56$66+19%$53 – $120
Indiana IN66$63+12%$28 – $152
Connecticut CT13$58+4%$15 – $78
Alabama AL13$53−5%$22 – $168
Washington WA34$51−9%$31 – $94
Arizona AZ25$50−10%$18 – $60
Utah UT28$50−10%$50 – $59
Maryland MD28$49−13%$20 – $81
Minnesota MN62$48−14%$19 – $127
Ohio OH109$47−16%$42 – $96
Arkansas AR25$45−20%$12 – $68
California CA78$44−22%$14 – $65
Georgia GA71$43−23%$6 – $119
Louisiana LA32$42−25%$35 – $64
North Carolina NC75$42−25%$30 – $151
New York NY67$36−35%$19 – $63
North Dakota ND15$35−37%$29 – $98
Tennessee TN49$33−42%$22 – $114
Michigan MI48$29−49%$17 – $51
Idaho ID13$28−50%$24 – $75
Mississippi MS36$25−54%$17 – $44
New Jersey NJ35$21−63%$19 – $21
Florida FL108$19−66%$11 – $120
West Virginia WV24$14−75%$14 – $126
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $56.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,533$53$21 – $137
Children’s31$61$21 – $138
Critical access422$71$34 – $135
Ownership
For-profit274$68$14 – $449
Government295$57$25 – $138
Non-profit1,417$55$24 – $126
System affiliation
Part of a system1,740$56$22 – $137
Independent254$62$28 – $138

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$93
Median cash price$56
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,429 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $56 and the average of the middle 60% is $63; most fall between $25 and $126.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,429 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$17$31$56$108$183

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($17 vs $183).

Of the 1,569 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,429 gave a usable cash price; 89 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 51 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,994 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (50%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,162 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,994
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here112
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded55
Hospitals that filed this code2,162

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Amiodarone.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Amiodarone blood level (CPT 80151) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-80151-amiodarone-blood-level