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Growth hormone stimulation blood test panel

CPT 80428the billing code this page is about

Timed blood growth hormone measurements taken before and after a stimulating medication such as arginine or levodopa is given; the code covers the panel of lab measurements.

Hospitals typically charge $168 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 317 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $181. Most fall between $77 and $389 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
317
States
34
Filings dated
Apr 2025 – 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 317 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
$67$80$168$325$644

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($67 vs $644).

How the prices are spread

$53 – $70: 38 hospitals$53$70 – $93: 47 hospitals$93 – $122: 34 hospitals$93$122 – $161: 20 hospitals$161 – $213: 51 hospitals$161$213 – $281: 25 hospitals$281 – $370: 18 hospitals$281$370 – $488: 17 hospitals$488 – $644: 8 hospitals$488$644 – $849: 36 hospitals$644median $168price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (294 of 317 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$53$7038
$70$9347
$93$12234
$122$16120
$161$21351
$213$28125
$281$37018
$370$48817
$488$6448
$644$84936

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $168.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $180 across 22 hospitalsIL$180Wisconsin: median $115 across 12 hospitalsWI$115Michigan: median $173 across 21 hospitalsMI$173New York: median $67 across 17 hospitalsNY$67Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $168 across 11 hospitalsIA$168Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $299 across 33 hospitalsOH$299Pennsylvania: median $77 across 22 hospitalsPA$77New Jersey: median $73 across 25 hospitalsNJ$73Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $644 across 22 hospitalsCA$644Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: median $318 across 10 hospitalsKY$318West Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $117 across 16 hospitalsOK$117Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: median $257 across 17 hospitalsGA$257Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $53 across 15 hospitalsTX$53Florida: median $208 across 13 hospitalsFL$208
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $168. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA22$644+283%$644 – $644
Kentucky KY10$318+89%$79 – $318
Ohio OH33$299+78%$136 – $849
Georgia GA17$257+53%$257 – $257
Florida FL13$208+24%$208 – $208
Illinois IL22$180+7%$96 – $444
Michigan MI21$173+3%$92 – $389
Iowa IA11$1680%$168 – $168
Oklahoma OK16$117−30%$117 – $336
Wisconsin WI12$115−32%$115 – $115
Pennsylvania PA22$77−54%$46 – $807
New Jersey NJ25$73−56%$67 – $73
New York NY17$67−60%$67 – $80
Texas TX15$53−68%$53 – $96
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $168.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care276$168$73 – $389
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access25$131$79 – $389
Ownership
For-profit30$175$79 – $257
Government28$67$60 – $257
Non-profit257$168$79 – $434
System affiliation
Part of a system291$168$73 – $389
Independent26$138$80 – $325

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$347
Median cash price$168
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

223 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $184 and the average of the middle 60% is $234; most fall between $115 and $590.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 223 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
$79$115$184$434$801

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($79 vs $801).

Of the 229 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 223 gave a usable cash price; 2 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

317 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 326 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted317
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here4
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 — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code326

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 5, 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 Hgh Stim Panel(Thgh).

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, “Growth hormone stimulation blood test panel (CPT 80428) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-80428-growth-hormone-stimulation-blood-test-panel