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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Cyanide level test

CPT 82600the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that measures the amount of cyanide in a blood or other body fluid sample.

Hospitals typically charge $85 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,704 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $91. Most fall between $37 and $176 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,704
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 1,704 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$44$85$159$252

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($23 vs $252).

How the prices are spread

$19 – $25: 111 hospitals$19$25 – $34: 104 hospitals$34 – $45: 141 hospitals$34$45 – $60: 160 hospitals$60 – $79: 172 hospitals$60$79 – $105: 283 hospitals$105 – $140: 189 hospitals$105$140 – $187: 153 hospitals$187 – $248: 140 hospitals$187$248 – $330: 90 hospitals$248median $85price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,543 of 1,704 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$19$25111
$25$34104
$34$45141
$45$60160
$60$79172
$79$105283
$105$140189
$140$187153
$187$248140
$248$33090

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $85.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $87 across 34 hospitalsWA$87Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $82 across 41 hospitalsMN$82Illinois: median $85 across 71 hospitalsIL$85Wisconsin: median $88 across 40 hospitalsWI$88Michigan: median $30 across 41 hospitalsMI$30New York: median $54 across 81 hospitalsNY$54Massachusetts: median $119 across 29 hospitalsMA$119Oregon: median $89 across 25 hospitalsOR$89Nevada: median $95 across 15 hospitalsNV$95Wyoming: 6 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 $72 across 29 hospitalsIA$72Indiana: median $80 across 61 hospitalsIN$80Ohio: median $123 across 96 hospitalsOH$123Pennsylvania: median $84 across 83 hospitalsPA$84New Jersey: median $21 across 41 hospitalsNJ$21Connecticut: median $91 across 10 hospitalsCT$91Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $85 across 80 hospitalsCA$85Utah: median $164 across 29 hospitalsUT$164Colorado: median $113 across 40 hospitalsCO$113Nebraska: median $185 across 19 hospitalsNE$185Missouri: median $82 across 41 hospitalsMO$82Kentucky: median $102 across 40 hospitalsKY$102West Virginia: median $14 across 21 hospitalsWV$14Virginia: median $72 across 39 hospitalsVA$72Maryland: median $63 across 24 hospitalsMD$63Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $140 across 25 hospitalsAZ$140New Mexico: median $119 across 11 hospitalsNM$119Kansas: median $91 across 24 hospitalsKS$91Arkansas: median $65 across 17 hospitalsAR$65Tennessee: median $57 across 43 hospitalsTN$57North Carolina: median $70 across 37 hospitalsNC$70South Carolina: median $59 across 31 hospitalsSC$59Oklahoma: median $72 across 39 hospitalsOK$72Louisiana: median $44 across 25 hospitalsLA$44Mississippi: median $57 across 30 hospitalsMS$57Alabama: median $62 across 20 hospitalsAL$62Georgia: median $90 across 62 hospitalsGA$90Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $113 across 151 hospitalsTX$113Florida: median $44 across 92 hospitalsFL$44
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $85. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Nebraska NE19$185+118%$55 – $262
Utah UT29$164+93%$140 – $164
Arizona AZ25$140+65%$44 – $140
Ohio OH96$123+45%$69 – $205
Massachusetts MA29$119+40%$43 – $186
New Mexico NM11$119+40%$103 – $150
Texas TX151$113+33%$72 – $279
Colorado CO40$113+33%$63 – $214
Kentucky KY40$102+20%$58 – $228
Nevada NV15$95+12%$38 – $132
Kansas KS24$91+7%$72 – $322
Connecticut CT10$91+7%$79 – $118
Georgia GA62$90+6%$39 – $191
Oregon OR25$89+5%$75 – $98
Wisconsin WI40$88+3%$65 – $112
Washington WA34$87+3%$39 – $138
California CA80$850%$29 – $237
Illinois IL71$850%$47 – $159
Pennsylvania PA83$84−1%$22 – $216
Missouri MO41$82−3%$45 – $119
Minnesota MN41$82−4%$58 – $104
Indiana IN61$80−6%$35 – $196
Iowa IA29$72−15%$32 – $120
Virginia VA39$72−15%$17 – $174
Oklahoma OK39$72−15%$49 – $108
North Carolina NC37$70−18%$37 – $204
Arkansas AR17$65−24%$56 – $128
Maryland MD24$63−26%$47 – $90
Alabama AL20$62−27%$24 – $127
South Carolina SC31$59−30%$59 – $94
Mississippi MS30$57−33%$36 – $97
Tennessee TN43$57−33%$34 – $221
New York NY81$54−36%$23 – $135
Florida FL92$44−48%$21 – $92
Louisiana LA25$44−48%$29 – $80
Michigan MI41$30−64%$25 – $54
New Jersey NJ41$21−75%$19 – $199
West Virginia WV21$14−84%$14 – $22
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $85.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,402$85$37 – $181
Children’s44$150$79 – $201
Critical access249$94$38 – $159
Ownership
For-profit262$113$41 – $310
Government186$69$34 – $127
Non-profit1,247$86$37 – $170
System affiliation
Part of a system1,473$85$37 – $181
Independent231$89$41 – $168

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$150
Median cash price$85
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

1,196 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $91 and the average of the middle 60% is $97; most fall between $44 and $173.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,196 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
$33$51$91$159$237

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($33 vs $237).

Of the 1,349 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,196 gave a usable cash price; 85 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 68 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,704 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (43%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,880 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,704
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here100
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded76
Hospitals that filed this code1,880

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 Cyanide Level, Blood.

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, “Cyanide level test (CPT 82600) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82600-cyanide-level-test