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Large gene panel for mitochondrial disorders

CPT 81440the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that reads the DNA sequence of a large panel of nuclear genes affecting mitochondrial function, used for suspected mitochondrial disease; billed once for the panel.

Hospitals typically charge $3,324 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 343 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,481. Most fall between $1,485 and $7,097 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
343
States
37
Filings dated
Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 343 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
$1,010$1,829$3,324$5,972$7,910

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,010 vs $7,910).

How the prices are spread

$331 – $468: 1 hospitals$331$468 – $662: 8 hospitals$662 – $938: 3 hospitals$662$938 – $1,328: 35 hospitals$1,328 – $1,879: 31 hospitals$1,328$1,879 – $2,661: 44 hospitals$2,661 – $3,766: 63 hospitals$2,661$3,766 – $5,332: 51 hospitals$5,332 – $7,548: 28 hospitals$5,332$7,548 – $10,686: 45 hospitals$7,548median $3,324price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (309 of 343 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$331$4681
$468$6628
$662$9383
$938$1,32835
$1,328$1,87931
$1,879$2,66144
$2,661$3,76663
$3,766$5,33251
$5,332$7,54828
$7,548$10,68645

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,324.

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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,919 across 10 hospitalsWA$1,919Idaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: median $2,200 across 11 hospitalsMN$2,200Illinois: median $7,678 across 15 hospitalsIL$7,678Wisconsin: median $2,250 across 10 hospitalsWI$2,250Michigan: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $3,324 across 23 hospitalsNY$3,324Massachusetts: median $9,979 across 11 hospitalsMA$9,979Oregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $3,191 across 11 hospitalsIA$3,191Indiana: median $4,783 across 14 hospitalsIN$4,783Ohio: median $5,413 across 29 hospitalsOH$5,413Pennsylvania: median $222 across 14 hospitalsPA$222New Jersey: median $3,656 across 24 hospitalsNJ$3,656Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,594 across 22 hospitalsCA$7,594Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: median $16,424 across 10 hospitalsKY$16,424West Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $4,266 across 15 hospitalsTN$4,266North Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $1,010 across 45 hospitalsTX$1,010Florida: median $1,829 across 15 hospitalsFL$1,829
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,324. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY10$16,424+394%$2,200 – $16,424
Massachusetts MA11$9,979+200%$9,772 – $12,723
Illinois IL15$7,678+131%$3,488 – $7,678
California CA22$7,594+128%$7,594 – $7,594
Ohio OH29$5,413+63%$2,200 – $5,972
Indiana IN14$4,783+44%$4,148 – $6,804
Tennessee TN15$4,266+28%$2,384 – $4,266
New Jersey NJ24$3,656+10%$3,324 – $3,656
New York NY23$3,3240%$3,324 – $6,919
Iowa IA11$3,191−4%$3,191 – $3,191
Wisconsin WI10$2,250−32%$2,250 – $2,250
Minnesota MN11$2,200−34%$1,875 – $2,200
Washington WA10$1,919−42%$1,919 – $5,035
Florida FL15$1,829−45%$490 – $1,829
Texas TX45$1,010−70%$1,010 – $1,662
Pennsylvania PA14$222−93%$189 – $4,943
Maryland MD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $3,324.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care287$3,324$1,376 – $7,594
Children’s20$1,919$640 – $4,987
Critical access33$3,191$2,200 – $6,345
Ownership
For-profit20$2,384$1,010 – $7,910
Government26$3,324$1,829 – $4,266
Non-profit294$3,324$1,516 – $7,158
System affiliation
Part of a system319$3,324$1,376 – $7,097
Independent24$3,335$1,485 – $7,978

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,797
Median cash price$3,324
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

228 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,025 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,908; most fall between $1,010 and $6,980.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 228 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
$1,010$1,625$3,025$5,972$7,594

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,010 vs $7,594).

Of the 244 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 228 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 1 a list price only.

How complete is this

343 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 361 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted343
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here14
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code361

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Pathology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as MITOCHONDRIAL GENE.

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, “Large gene panel for mitochondrial disorders (CPT 81440) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-81440-large-gene-panel-for-mitochondrial-disorders