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Flecainide blood level test

CPT 80181the billing code this page is about

A blood test that measures the amount of the heart rhythm medicine flecainide in the blood.

Hospitals typically charge $61 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,633 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $65. Most fall between $26 and $128 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,633
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 1,633 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
$18$30$61$111$215

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($18 vs $215).

How the prices are spread

$14 – $20: 118 hospitals$14$20 – $28: 147 hospitals$28 – $38: 217 hospitals$28$38 – $53: 182 hospitals$53 – $73: 218 hospitals$53$73 – $102: 225 hospitals$102 – $141: 170 hospitals$102$141 – $196: 96 hospitals$196 – $272: 63 hospitals$196$272 – $377: 35 hospitals$272median $61price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,471 of 1,633 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$14$20118
$20$28147
$28$38217
$38$53182
$53$73218
$73$102225
$102$141170
$141$19696
$196$27263
$272$37735

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $61.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $96 across 19 hospitalsME$96Vermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $150 across 11 hospitalsNH$150Washington: median $88 across 37 hospitalsWA$88Idaho: median $38 across 14 hospitalsID$38Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $103 across 11 hospitalsND$103Minnesota: median $57 across 60 hospitalsMN$57Illinois: median $78 across 52 hospitalsIL$78Wisconsin: median $90 across 78 hospitalsWI$90Michigan: median $43 across 45 hospitalsMI$43New York: median $33 across 58 hospitalsNY$33Massachusetts: median $80 across 35 hospitalsMA$80Oregon: median $39 across 23 hospitalsOR$39Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $66 across 29 hospitalsIA$66Indiana: median $51 across 44 hospitalsIN$51Ohio: median $70 across 95 hospitalsOH$70Pennsylvania: median $83 across 94 hospitalsPA$83New Jersey: median $21 across 38 hospitalsNJ$21Connecticut: median $41 across 11 hospitalsCT$41Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $34 across 62 hospitalsCA$34Utah: median $81 across 30 hospitalsUT$81Colorado: median $136 across 32 hospitalsCO$136Nebraska: median $70 across 12 hospitalsNE$70Missouri: median $66 across 44 hospitalsMO$66Kentucky: median $70 across 19 hospitalsKY$70West Virginia: median $14 across 23 hospitalsWV$14Virginia: median $68 across 55 hospitalsVA$68Maryland: median $43 across 25 hospitalsMD$43Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $29 across 13 hospitalsAZ$29New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $80 across 25 hospitalsKS$80Arkansas: median $105 across 15 hospitalsAR$105Tennessee: median $24 across 40 hospitalsTN$24North Carolina: median $51 across 70 hospitalsNC$51South Carolina: median $35 across 29 hospitalsSC$35Oklahoma: median $103 across 28 hospitalsOK$103Louisiana: median $41 across 29 hospitalsLA$41Mississippi: median $29 across 25 hospitalsMS$29Alabama: median $36 across 16 hospitalsAL$36Georgia: median $119 across 25 hospitalsGA$119Hawaii: median $34 across 10 hospitalsHI$34Texas: median $122 across 112 hospitalsTX$122Florida: median $29 across 92 hospitalsFL$29
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $61. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Hampshire NH11$150+147%$33 – $358
Colorado CO32$136+123%$42 – $182
Texas TX112$122+101%$45 – $433
Georgia GA25$119+95%$63 – $256
Arkansas AR15$105+73%$19 – $125
Oklahoma OK28$103+69%$39 – $144
North Dakota ND11$103+69%$56 – $129
Maine ME19$96+58%$26 – $173
Wisconsin WI78$90+48%$48 – $141
Washington WA37$88+45%$30 – $129
Pennsylvania PA94$83+37%$26 – $219
Utah UT30$81+33%$81 – $95
Massachusetts MA35$80+32%$28 – $139
Kansas KS25$80+32%$44 – $202
Illinois IL52$78+28%$32 – $105
Kentucky KY19$70+15%$54 – $465
Ohio OH95$70+15%$49 – $96
Nebraska NE12$70+14%$43 – $111
Virginia VA55$68+13%$24 – $126
Iowa IA29$66+9%$45 – $66
Missouri MO44$66+9%$38 – $137
Minnesota MN60$57−6%$34 – $102
North Carolina NC70$51−16%$35 – $166
Indiana IN44$51−16%$24 – $115
Maryland MD25$43−29%$32 – $64
Michigan MI45$43−30%$9 – $80
Louisiana LA29$41−32%$30 – $67
Connecticut CT11$41−32%$16 – $58
Oregon OR23$39−36%$30 – $77
Idaho ID14$38−37%$37 – $81
Alabama AL16$36−41%$21 – $128
South Carolina SC29$35−42%$20 – $111
Hawaii HI10$34−44%$34 – $90
California CA62$34−44%$20 – $98
New York NY58$33−46%$19 – $58
Florida FL92$29−52%$15 – $107
Mississippi MS25$29−53%$16 – $35
Arizona AZ13$29−53%$18 – $308
Tennessee TN40$24−60%$15 – $108
New Jersey NJ38$21−66%$19 – $21
West Virginia WV23$14−77%$14 – $126
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not 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 $61.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,279$56$22 – $126
Children’s36$67$32 – $176
Critical access311$68$37 – $129
Ownership
For-profit183$81$16 – $433
Government192$54$29 – $135
Non-profit1,251$59$26 – $121
System affiliation
Part of a system1,467$61$25 – $129
Independent166$59$28 – $113

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$100
Median cash price$61
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

1,164 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $64 and the average of the middle 60% is $66; most fall between $29 and $122.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,164 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
$21$34$64$103$171

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($21 vs $171).

Of the 1,269 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,164 gave a usable cash price; 73 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 32 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,633 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (41%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,760 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,633
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here84
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded42
Hospitals that filed this code1,760

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 Flecainide; Quant.

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, “Flecainide blood level test (CPT 80181) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-80181-flecainide-blood-level-test