Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Androsterone blood test

CPT code CPT 82160the billing code this page is about

Measures the level of androsterone, a breakdown product of male hormones, in a sample.

Hospitals typically charge $65 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 384 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $110. Most fall between $28 and $254 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
384
States
38
Filings dated
Jan 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 384 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
$26$31$65$202$383

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($26 vs $383).

How the prices are spread

$24 – $32: 82 hospitals$24$32 – $43: 35 hospitals$43 – $58: 33 hospitals$43$58 – $78: 37 hospitals$78 – $104: 8 hospitals$78$104 – $140: 19 hospitals$140 – $187: 18 hospitals$140$187 – $251: 56 hospitals$251 – $337: 31 hospitals$251$337 – $452: 27 hospitals$337median $65price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (346 of 384 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$24$3282
$32$4335
$43$5833
$58$7837
$78$1048
$104$14019
$140$18718
$187$25156
$251$33731
$337$45227

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $65.

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: median $41 across 11 hospitalsWA$41Idaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $57 across 20 hospitalsIL$57Wisconsin: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWIMichigan: median $31 across 16 hospitalsMI$31New York: median $26 across 18 hospitalsNY$26Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceORNevada: 2 hospitals 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 $65 across 11 hospitalsIA$65Indiana: median $153 across 11 hospitalsIN$153Ohio: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $29 across 29 hospitalsPA$29New Jersey: median $28 across 34 hospitalsNJ$28Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $254 across 37 hospitalsCA$254Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCONebraska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNEMissouri: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMOKentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $195 across 17 hospitalsWV$195Virginia: median $108 across 26 hospitalsVA$108Maryland: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $27 across 13 hospitalsTN$27North Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $45 across 13 hospitalsOK$45Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $195 across 53 hospitalsTX$195Florida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $65. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA37$254+292%$202 – $254
West Virginia WV17$195+201%$195 – $195
Texas TX53$195+201%$46 – $383
Indiana IN11$153+136%$35 – $388
Virginia VA26$108+67%$27 – $225
Iowa IA11$650%$65 – $65
Illinois IL20$57−12%$34 – $57
Oklahoma OK13$45−31%$45 – $55
Washington WA11$41−37%$41 – $41
Michigan MI16$31−53%$31 – $35
Pennsylvania PA29$29−55%$17 – $2,043
New Jersey NJ34$28−57%$26 – $469
Tennessee TN13$27−59%$27 – $33
New York NY18$26−61%$26 – $107
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $65.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care328$65$27 – $254
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access46$85$46 – $195
Ownership
For-profit41$92$34 – $302
Government37$46$26 – $209
Non-profit305$65$28 – $254
System affiliation
Part of a system350$66$28 – $254
Independent34$60$29 – $236

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$216
Median cash price$65
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. 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

251 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $114 and the average of the middle 60% is $137; most fall between $41 and $254.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 251 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$45$114$254$383

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($27 vs $383).

Of the 266 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 251 gave a usable cash price; 8 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

384 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 407 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted384
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here15
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 — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code407

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 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as ASSAY OF ANDROSTERONE.

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, “Androsterone blood test (CPT 82160) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82160-androsterone-blood-test