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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Measurement of two to five amino acids, per specimen

CPT 82136the billing code this page is about

Laboratory test that measures the amounts of between two and five amino acids; billed once for each specimen tested.

Hospitals typically charge $112 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,049 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $113. Most fall between $39 and $221 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,049
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 1,049 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$45$112$189$328

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($23 vs $328).

How the prices are spread

$20 – $27: 89 hospitals$20$27 – $36: 55 hospitals$36 – $50: 92 hospitals$36$50 – $68: 90 hospitals$68 – $92: 92 hospitals$68$92 – $126: 118 hospitals$126 – $171: 161 hospitals$126$171 – $234: 113 hospitals$234 – $318: 86 hospitals$234$318 – $434: 58 hospitals$318median $112price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (954 of 1,049 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$20$2789
$27$3655
$36$5092
$50$6890
$68$9292
$92$126118
$126$171161
$171$234113
$234$31886
$318$43458

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $112.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $22 across 17 hospitalsWA$22Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $29 across 22 hospitalsMT$29North Dakota: median $114 across 10 hospitalsND$114Minnesota: median $187 across 30 hospitalsMN$187Illinois: median $173 across 53 hospitalsIL$173Wisconsin: median $300 across 25 hospitalsWI$300Michigan: median $88 across 35 hospitalsMI$88New York: median $30 across 54 hospitalsNY$30Massachusetts: median $50 across 10 hospitalsMA$50Oregon: median $113 across 16 hospitalsOR$113Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $68 across 38 hospitalsIA$68Indiana: median $44 across 27 hospitalsIN$44Ohio: median $143 across 66 hospitalsOH$143Pennsylvania: median $122 across 51 hospitalsPA$122New Jersey: median $22 across 34 hospitalsNJ$22Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $55 across 35 hospitalsCA$55Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $112 across 32 hospitalsCO$112Nebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $121 across 38 hospitalsMO$121Kentucky: median $244 across 23 hospitalsKY$244West Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $141 across 18 hospitalsVA$141Maryland: median $240 across 11 hospitalsMD$240Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $121 across 17 hospitalsAZ$121New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $202 across 28 hospitalsKS$202Arkansas: median $148 across 14 hospitalsAR$148Tennessee: median $48 across 17 hospitalsTN$48North Carolina: median $120 across 64 hospitalsNC$120South Carolina: median $39 across 10 hospitalsSC$39Oklahoma: median $43 across 27 hospitalsOK$43Louisiana: median $39 across 22 hospitalsLA$39Mississippi: median $54 across 12 hospitalsMS$54Alabama: median $87 across 10 hospitalsAL$87Georgia: median $177 across 25 hospitalsGA$177Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $138 across 63 hospitalsTX$138Florida: median $69 across 24 hospitalsFL$69
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $112. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI25$300+168%$235 – $380
Kentucky KY23$244+118%$103 – $380
Maryland MD11$240+115%$199 – $329
Kansas KS28$202+81%$108 – $289
Minnesota MN30$187+67%$118 – $192
Georgia GA25$177+58%$83 – $177
Illinois IL53$173+55%$43 – $316
Arkansas AR14$148+32%$110 – $168
Ohio OH66$143+27%$71 – $198
Virginia VA18$141+26%$97 – $150
Texas TX63$138+23%$127 – $275
Pennsylvania PA51$122+9%$19 – $233
Arizona AZ17$121+8%$31 – $121
Missouri MO38$121+8%$55 – $168
North Carolina NC64$120+7%$38 – $383
North Dakota ND10$114+2%$109 – $267
Oregon OR16$113+1%$98 – $134
Colorado CO32$1120%$42 – $233
Michigan MI35$88−22%$34 – $248
Alabama AL10$87−23%$22 – $307
Florida FL24$69−38%$67 – $284
Iowa IA38$68−39%$64 – $156
California CA35$55−50%$55 – $63
Mississippi MS12$54−52%$27 – $79
Massachusetts MA10$50−55%$43 – $167
Tennessee TN17$48−57%$44 – $87
Indiana IN27$44−61%$29 – $168
Oklahoma OK27$43−62%$35 – $90
Louisiana LA22$39−65%$23 – $77
South Carolina SC10$39−66%$23 – $112
New York NY54$30−73%$20 – $106
Montana MT22$29−74%$13 – $80
Washington WA17$22−80%$22 – $172
New Jersey NJ34$22−81%$20 – $23
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $112.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care783$104$35 – $213
Children’s40$173$107 – $253
Critical access219$134$61 – $239
Ownership
For-profit104$135$39 – $238
Government140$119$48 – $238
Non-profit798$106$39 – $216
System affiliation
Part of a system892$114$39 – $220
Independent157$109$47 – $238

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$181
Median cash price$112
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. 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

699 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $121 and the average of the middle 60% is $119; most fall between $47 and $223.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 699 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
$35$55$121$194$312

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($35 vs $312).

Of the 770 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 699 gave a usable cash price; 37 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 34 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,049 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (27%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,141 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,049
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
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 — excluded40
Hospitals that filed this code1,141

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.

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Part of the Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Cystinuria, Qn,Random.

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, “Measurement of two to five amino acids, per specimen (CPT 82136) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82136-measurement-of-two-to-five-amino-acids-per-specimen