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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Acylcarnitines test, measured amounts, per specimen

CPT 82017the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that measures the amounts of acylcarnitine compounds in a sample; the price is for one specimen tested.

Hospitals typically charge $105 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,310 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $118. Most fall between $38 and $252 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,310
States
50
Filings dated
Nov 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 2,310 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
$23$46$105$221$391

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($23 vs $391).

How the prices are spread

$17 – $24: 137 hospitals$17$24 – $34: 156 hospitals$34 – $49: 201 hospitals$34$49 – $70: 208 hospitals$70 – $99: 307 hospitals$70$99 – $142: 279 hospitals$142 – $202: 266 hospitals$142$202 – $287: 255 hospitals$287 – $409: 170 hospitals$287$409 – $583: 103 hospitals$409median $105price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,082 of 2,310 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$17$24137
$24$34156
$34$49201
$49$70208
$70$99307
$99$142279
$142$202266
$202$287255
$287$409170
$409$583103

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $105.

Alaska: median $57 across 12 hospitalsAK$57Maine: median $97 across 21 hospitalsME$97Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $92 across 14 hospitalsNH$92Washington: median $74 across 57 hospitalsWA$74Idaho: median $161 across 19 hospitalsID$161Montana: median $35 across 24 hospitalsMT$35North Dakota: median $51 across 18 hospitalsND$51Minnesota: median $107 across 71 hospitalsMN$107Illinois: median $161 across 108 hospitalsIL$161Wisconsin: median $100 across 93 hospitalsWI$100Michigan: median $44 across 69 hospitalsMI$44New York: median $58 across 85 hospitalsNY$58Massachusetts: median $114 across 37 hospitalsMA$114Oregon: median $114 across 32 hospitalsOR$114Nevada: median $74 across 12 hospitalsNV$74Wyoming: median $128 across 11 hospitalsWY$128South Dakota: median $90 across 10 hospitalsSD$90Iowa: median $64 across 38 hospitalsIA$64Indiana: median $138 across 81 hospitalsIN$138Ohio: median $110 across 101 hospitalsOH$110Pennsylvania: median $69 across 84 hospitalsPA$69New Jersey: median $19 across 51 hospitalsNJ$19Connecticut: median $90 across 16 hospitalsCT$90Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $109 across 85 hospitalsCA$109Utah: median $534 across 36 hospitalsUT$534Colorado: median $93 across 37 hospitalsCO$93Nebraska: median $211 across 25 hospitalsNE$211Missouri: median $100 across 58 hospitalsMO$100Kentucky: median $139 across 48 hospitalsKY$139West Virginia: median $24 across 31 hospitalsWV$24Virginia: median $156 across 57 hospitalsVA$156Maryland: median $344 across 37 hospitalsMD$344Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $121 across 26 hospitalsAZ$121New Mexico: median $54 across 10 hospitalsNM$54Kansas: median $197 across 42 hospitalsKS$197Arkansas: median $42 across 32 hospitalsAR$42Tennessee: median $72 across 47 hospitalsTN$72North Carolina: median $92 across 76 hospitalsNC$92South Carolina: median $248 across 41 hospitalsSC$248Oklahoma: median $31 across 50 hospitalsOK$31Louisiana: median $76 across 44 hospitalsLA$76Mississippi: median $49 across 37 hospitalsMS$49Alabama: median $144 across 35 hospitalsAL$144Georgia: median $96 across 84 hospitalsGA$96Hawaii: median $137 across 13 hospitalsHI$137Texas: median $197 across 182 hospitalsTX$197Florida: median $75 across 93 hospitalsFL$75
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $105. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT36$534+409%$534 – $629
Maryland MD37$344+228%$232 – $416
South Carolina SC41$248+136%$172 – $284
Nebraska NE25$211+101%$86 – $343
Kansas KS42$197+88%$113 – $699
Texas TX182$197+88%$105 – $518
Illinois IL108$161+53%$70 – $342
Idaho ID19$161+53%$86 – $229
Virginia VA57$156+48%$38 – $285
Alabama AL35$144+37%$20 – $417
Kentucky KY48$139+32%$51 – $357
Indiana IN81$138+31%$39 – $251
Hawaii HI13$137+31%$85 – $226
Wyoming WY11$128+22%$71 – $271
Arizona AZ26$121+15%$42 – $188
Massachusetts MA37$114+9%$59 – $291
Oregon OR32$114+8%$68 – $229
Ohio OH101$110+5%$75 – $181
California CA85$109+4%$50 – $223
Minnesota MN71$107+2%$49 – $160
Missouri MO58$100−5%$61 – $202
Wisconsin WI93$100−5%$37 – $159
Maine ME21$97−8%$73 – $139
Georgia GA84$96−8%$77 – $313
Colorado CO37$93−11%$26 – $232
North Carolina NC76$92−12%$38 – $221
New Hampshire NH14$92−13%$43 – $216
Connecticut CT16$90−14%$63 – $187
South Dakota SD10$90−15%$50 – $157
Louisiana LA44$76−28%$38 – $135
Florida FL93$75−29%$26 – $211
Nevada NV12$74−29%$16 – $114
Washington WA57$74−29%$28 – $177
Tennessee TN47$72−31%$29 – $224
Pennsylvania PA84$69−34%$19 – $249
Iowa IA38$64−39%$51 – $91
New York NY85$58−45%$20 – $203
Alaska AK12$57−46%$47 – $182
New Mexico NM10$54−48%$40 – $203
North Dakota ND18$51−51%$48 – $182
Mississippi MS37$49−53%$25 – $154
Michigan MI69$44−58%$26 – $119
Arkansas AR32$42−60%$20 – $126
Montana MT24$35−67%$27 – $115
Oklahoma OK50$31−70%$23 – $74
West Virginia WV31$24−78%$22 – $258
New Jersey NJ51$19−82%$19 – $38
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not 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 $105.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,744$97$36 – $260
Children’s49$137$81 – $317
Critical access511$114$50 – $249
Ownership
For-profit300$163$52 – $552
Government356$104$44 – $253
Non-profit1,648$96$35 – $230
System affiliation
Part of a system1,938$101$37 – $251
Independent372$113$46 – $262

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$182
Median cash price$105
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

1,617 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $107 and the average of the middle 60% is $119; most fall between $44 and $248.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,617 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
$27$52$107$213$356

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($27 vs $356).

Of the 1,777 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,617 gave a usable cash price; 86 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 74 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,310 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (58%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,502 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,310
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here105
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded85
Hospitals that filed this code2,502

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 Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Acylcarnitines, Quant Plasma.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Acylcarnitines test, measured amounts, per specimen (CPT 82017) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82017-acylcarnitines-test-measured-amounts-per-specimen