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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Aldosterone hormone blood test

CPT 82088the billing code this page is about

Laboratory test that measures the level of aldosterone, a hormone made by the adrenal glands that affects salt and water balance.

Hospitals typically charge $130 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,233 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $136. Most fall between $48 and $260 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,233
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – 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 3,233 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
$25$58$130$229$375

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($25 vs $375).

How the prices are spread

$15 – $22: 101 hospitals$15$22 – $31: 126 hospitals$31 – $44: 203 hospitals$31$44 – $63: 274 hospitals$63 – $90: 338 hospitals$63$90 – $127: 404 hospitals$127 – $181: 483 hospitals$127$181 – $258: 496 hospitals$258 – $366: 307 hospitals$258$366 – $521: 185 hospitals$366median $130price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,917 of 3,233 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$15$22101
$22$31126
$31$44203
$44$63274
$63$90338
$90$127404
$127$181483
$181$258496
$258$366307
$366$521185

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $130.

Alaska: median $166 across 19 hospitalsAK$166Maine: median $129 across 28 hospitalsME$129Vermont: median $239 across 14 hospitalsVT$239New Hampshire: median $226 across 25 hospitalsNH$226Washington: median $160 across 74 hospitalsWA$160Idaho: median $107 across 22 hospitalsID$107Montana: median $186 across 29 hospitalsMT$186North Dakota: median $205 across 33 hospitalsND$205Minnesota: median $102 across 104 hospitalsMN$102Illinois: median $174 across 145 hospitalsIL$174Wisconsin: median $199 across 105 hospitalsWI$199Michigan: median $55 across 87 hospitalsMI$55New York: median $105 across 106 hospitalsNY$105Massachusetts: median $182 across 52 hospitalsMA$182Oregon: median $117 across 49 hospitalsOR$117Nevada: median $185 across 20 hospitalsNV$185Wyoming: median $112 across 16 hospitalsWY$112South Dakota: median $276 across 37 hospitalsSD$276Iowa: median $167 across 89 hospitalsIA$167Indiana: median $156 across 97 hospitalsIN$156Ohio: median $139 across 140 hospitalsOH$139Pennsylvania: median $153 across 121 hospitalsPA$153New Jersey: median $47 across 53 hospitalsNJ$47Connecticut: median $174 across 23 hospitalsCT$174Rhode Island: median $149 across 10 hospitalsRI$149California: median $15 across 116 hospitalsCA$15Utah: median $106 across 41 hospitalsUT$106Colorado: median $97 across 65 hospitalsCO$97Nebraska: median $241 across 79 hospitalsNE$241Missouri: median $148 across 73 hospitalsMO$148Kentucky: median $122 across 69 hospitalsKY$122West Virginia: median $86 across 42 hospitalsWV$86Virginia: median $196 across 73 hospitalsVA$196Maryland: median $68 across 41 hospitalsMD$68Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $136 across 39 hospitalsAZ$136New Mexico: median $194 across 28 hospitalsNM$194Kansas: median $168 across 89 hospitalsKS$168Arkansas: median $49 across 38 hospitalsAR$49Tennessee: median $79 across 81 hospitalsTN$79North Carolina: median $92 across 89 hospitalsNC$92South Carolina: median $209 across 52 hospitalsSC$209Oklahoma: median $98 across 72 hospitalsOK$98Louisiana: median $98 across 51 hospitalsLA$98Mississippi: median $97 across 57 hospitalsMS$97Alabama: median $134 across 44 hospitalsAL$134Georgia: median $162 across 106 hospitalsGA$162Hawaii: median $177 across 18 hospitalsHI$177Texas: median $116 across 240 hospitalsTX$116Florida: median $28 across 125 hospitalsFL$28
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $130. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD37$276+113%$105 – $409
Nebraska NE79$241+86%$105 – $312
Vermont VT14$239+84%$94 – $559
New Hampshire NH25$226+74%$41 – $436
South Carolina SC52$209+61%$128 – $288
North Dakota ND33$205+58%$73 – $313
Wisconsin WI105$199+54%$132 – $261
Virginia VA73$196+51%$67 – $307
New Mexico NM28$194+50%$108 – $250
Montana MT29$186+43%$87 – $317
Nevada NV20$185+42%$59 – $321
Massachusetts MA52$182+40%$119 – $329
Hawaii HI18$177+37%$106 – $326
Connecticut CT23$174+34%$93 – $340
Illinois IL145$174+34%$91 – $330
Kansas KS89$168+30%$106 – $233
Iowa IA89$167+29%$95 – $246
Alaska AK19$166+28%$46 – $307
Georgia GA106$162+25%$75 – $224
Washington WA74$160+23%$65 – $264
Indiana IN97$156+20%$64 – $233
Pennsylvania PA121$153+18%$47 – $454
Rhode Island RI10$149+15%$95 – $325
Missouri MO73$148+14%$89 – $283
Ohio OH140$139+7%$50 – $196
Arizona AZ39$136+5%$69 – $330
Alabama AL44$134+3%$60 – $392
Maine ME28$129−1%$53 – $173
Kentucky KY69$122−6%$87 – $381
Oregon OR49$117−10%$50 – $165
Texas TX240$116−11%$28 – $375
Wyoming WY16$112−13%$74 – $223
Idaho ID22$107−17%$21 – $222
Utah UT41$106−18%$90 – $176
New York NY106$105−19%$41 – $226
Minnesota MN104$102−22%$34 – $237
Oklahoma OK72$98−25%$49 – $186
Louisiana LA51$98−25%$73 – $217
Mississippi MS57$97−25%$52 – $165
Colorado CO65$97−25%$36 – $278
North Carolina NC89$92−29%$68 – $198
West Virginia WV42$86−34%$12 – $224
Tennessee TN81$79−39%$56 – $187
Maryland MD41$68−48%$53 – $81
Michigan MI87$55−58%$17 – $92
Arkansas AR38$49−62%$35 – $141
New Jersey NJ53$47−64%$45 – $200
Florida FL125$28−78%$11 – $130
California CA116$15−88%$10 – $71
Delaware DE7not 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 $130.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,204$114$41 – $256
Children’s59$185$53 – $325
Critical access961$159$74 – $263
Ownership
For-profit424$164$57 – $473
Government625$135$56 – $234
Non-profit2,175$120$45 – $252
System affiliation
Part of a system2,611$130$46 – $272
Independent622$128$57 – $233

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$212
Median cash price$130
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

2,200 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $125 and the average of the middle 60% is $133; most fall between $48 and $250.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,200 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
$25$58$125$221$355

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($25 vs $355).

Of the 2,434 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,200 gave a usable cash price; 123 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 111 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,233 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (82%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,561 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,233
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here194
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded132
Hospitals that filed this code3,561

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 July 20, 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 Aldosterone (Urine).

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, “Aldosterone hormone blood test (CPT 82088) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82088-aldosterone-hormone-blood-test