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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Carnitine blood test, free and total

CPT 82379the billing code this page is about

Measures free and total carnitine, a compound involved in energy metabolism, in a blood sample.

Hospitals typically charge $82 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,663 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $95. Most fall between $34 and $203 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,663
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 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 2,663 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
$22$39$82$166$326

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($22 vs $326).

How the prices are spread

$18 – $24: 195 hospitals$18$24 – $33: 200 hospitals$33 – $45: 231 hospitals$33$45 – $62: 283 hospitals$62 – $86: 328 hospitals$62$86 – $118: 246 hospitals$118 – $161: 370 hospitals$118$161 – $222: 209 hospitals$222 – $304: 180 hospitals$222$304 – $418: 157 hospitals$304median $82price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,399 of 2,663 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$18$24195
$24$33200
$33$45231
$45$62283
$62$86328
$86$118246
$118$161370
$161$222209
$222$304180
$304$418157

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $82.

Alaska: median $208 across 14 hospitalsAK$208Maine: median $48 across 21 hospitalsME$48Vermont: median $214 across 13 hospitalsVT$214New Hampshire: median $116 across 22 hospitalsNH$116Washington: median $72 across 60 hospitalsWA$72Idaho: median $76 across 20 hospitalsID$76Montana: median $88 across 18 hospitalsMT$88North Dakota: median $52 across 25 hospitalsND$52Minnesota: median $57 across 79 hospitalsMN$57Illinois: median $108 across 122 hospitalsIL$108Wisconsin: median $141 across 97 hospitalsWI$141Michigan: median $26 across 69 hospitalsMI$26New York: median $50 across 95 hospitalsNY$50Massachusetts: median $117 across 51 hospitalsMA$117Oregon: median $57 across 39 hospitalsOR$57Nevada: median $109 across 15 hospitalsNV$109Wyoming: median $57 across 12 hospitalsWY$57South Dakota: median $70 across 18 hospitalsSD$70Iowa: median $64 across 62 hospitalsIA$64Indiana: median $106 across 85 hospitalsIN$106Ohio: median $75 across 119 hospitalsOH$75Pennsylvania: median $90 across 117 hospitalsPA$90New Jersey: median $19 across 53 hospitalsNJ$19Connecticut: median $63 across 15 hospitalsCT$63Rhode Island: median $105 across 10 hospitalsRI$105California: median $59 across 106 hospitalsCA$59Utah: median $334 across 40 hospitalsUT$334Colorado: median $152 across 52 hospitalsCO$152Nebraska: median $124 across 49 hospitalsNE$124Missouri: median $96 across 60 hospitalsMO$96Kentucky: median $81 across 56 hospitalsKY$81West Virginia: median $34 across 31 hospitalsWV$34Virginia: median $78 across 66 hospitalsVA$78Maryland: median $397 across 38 hospitalsMD$397Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $121 across 36 hospitalsAZ$121New Mexico: median $72 across 14 hospitalsNM$72Kansas: median $201 across 52 hospitalsKS$201Arkansas: median $38 across 36 hospitalsAR$38Tennessee: median $47 across 53 hospitalsTN$47North Carolina: median $125 across 79 hospitalsNC$125South Carolina: median $157 across 47 hospitalsSC$157Oklahoma: median $71 across 54 hospitalsOK$71Louisiana: median $65 across 43 hospitalsLA$65Mississippi: median $69 across 37 hospitalsMS$69Alabama: median $59 across 37 hospitalsAL$59Georgia: median $129 across 90 hospitalsGA$129Hawaii: median $85 across 14 hospitalsHI$85Texas: median $121 across 183 hospitalsTX$121Florida: median $35 across 132 hospitalsFL$35
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $82. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Maryland MD38$397+385%$268 – $480
Utah UT40$334+308%$136 – $393
Vermont VT13$214+161%$96 – $259
Alaska AK14$208+154%$108 – $436
Kansas KS52$201+146%$119 – $270
South Carolina SC47$157+91%$77 – $238
Colorado CO52$152+86%$52 – $285
Wisconsin WI97$141+72%$72 – $159
Georgia GA90$129+57%$60 – $361
North Carolina NC79$125+53%$38 – $234
Nebraska NE49$124+52%$33 – $266
Arizona AZ36$121+48%$20 – $202
Texas TX183$121+48%$47 – $353
Massachusetts MA51$117+43%$44 – $177
New Hampshire NH22$116+42%$36 – $210
Nevada NV15$109+33%$23 – $148
Illinois IL122$108+31%$58 – $257
Indiana IN85$106+29%$39 – $198
Rhode Island RI10$105+28%$39 – $121
Missouri MO60$96+17%$52 – $155
Pennsylvania PA117$90+9%$25 – $226
Montana MT18$88+8%$37 – $222
Hawaii HI14$85+4%$50 – $235
Kentucky KY56$81−2%$37 – $153
Virginia VA66$78−4%$29 – $208
Idaho ID20$76−7%$34 – $204
Ohio OH119$75−8%$52 – $113
Washington WA60$72−12%$41 – $131
New Mexico NM14$72−13%$54 – $327
Oklahoma OK54$71−13%$47 – $179
South Dakota SD18$70−15%$52 – $350
Mississippi MS37$69−16%$45 – $112
Louisiana LA43$65−21%$30 – $102
Iowa IA62$64−21%$57 – $141
Connecticut CT15$63−23%$43 – $79
Alabama AL37$59−28%$25 – $289
California CA106$59−28%$24 – $118
Oregon OR39$57−30%$44 – $154
Minnesota MN79$57−30%$32 – $125
Wyoming WY12$57−31%$33 – $154
North Dakota ND25$52−37%$28 – $121
New York NY95$50−40%$17 – $170
Maine ME21$48−41%$32 – $123
Tennessee TN53$47−42%$29 – $75
Arkansas AR36$38−53%$20 – $82
Florida FL132$35−58%$20 – $136
West Virginia WV31$34−59%$19 – $69
Michigan MI69$26−68%$20 – $66
New Jersey NJ53$19−76%$19 – $55
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 $82.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,967$77$31 – $206
Children’s65$117$41 – $168
Critical access621$105$47 – $200
Ownership
For-profit358$121$35 – $361
Government425$79$37 – $197
Non-profit1,870$80$32 – $187
System affiliation
Part of a system2,212$80$32 – $204
Independent451$91$43 – $198

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$146
Median cash price$82
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 37%. 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

1,819 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $83 and the average of the middle 60% is $95; most fall between $36 and $194.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,819 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
$24$44$83$159$289

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($24 vs $289).

Of the 2,013 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,819 gave a usable cash price; 103 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 91 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,663 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (67%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,903 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,663
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here137
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded102
Hospitals that filed this code2,903

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 Carnitine(Total&Free);Qnt Ea.

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, “Carnitine blood test, free and total (CPT 82379) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82379-carnitine-blood-test-free-and-total