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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Free fatty acids blood test

CPT 82725the billing code this page is about

A lab test that measures nonesterified (free) fatty acids in a blood sample.

Hospitals typically charge $60 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,799 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $68. Most fall between $27 and $140 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,799
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 1,799 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
$19$32$60$122$227

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($19 vs $227).

How the prices are spread

$13 – $18: 58 hospitals$13$18 – $25: 177 hospitals$25 – $34: 166 hospitals$25$34 – $46: 210 hospitals$46 – $63: 235 hospitals$46$63 – $87: 209 hospitals$87 – $119: 194 hospitals$87$119 – $164: 178 hospitals$164 – $225: 95 hospitals$164$225 – $308: 99 hospitals$225median $60price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,621 of 1,799 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$13$1858
$18$25177
$25$34166
$34$46210
$46$63235
$63$87209
$87$119194
$119$164178
$164$22595
$225$30899

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $60.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $90 across 11 hospitalsNH$90Washington: median $66 across 41 hospitalsWA$66Idaho: median $72 across 13 hospitalsID$72Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $58 across 47 hospitalsMN$58Illinois: median $85 across 92 hospitalsIL$85Wisconsin: median $109 across 55 hospitalsWI$109Michigan: median $34 across 60 hospitalsMI$34New York: median $41 across 75 hospitalsNY$41Massachusetts: median $89 across 44 hospitalsMA$89Oregon: median $58 across 18 hospitalsOR$58Nevada: median $57 across 13 hospitalsNV$57Wyoming: median $46 across 10 hospitalsWY$46South Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $64 across 29 hospitalsIA$64Indiana: median $40 across 51 hospitalsIN$40Ohio: median $64 across 107 hospitalsOH$64Pennsylvania: median $78 across 84 hospitalsPA$78New Jersey: median $21 across 50 hospitalsNJ$21Connecticut: median $56 across 10 hospitalsCT$56Rhode Island: median $30 across 10 hospitalsRI$30California: median $51 across 63 hospitalsCA$51Utah: median $227 across 31 hospitalsUT$227Colorado: median $98 across 40 hospitalsCO$98Nebraska: median $49 across 10 hospitalsNE$49Missouri: median $70 across 39 hospitalsMO$70Kentucky: median $56 across 39 hospitalsKY$56West Virginia: median $101 across 26 hospitalsWV$101Virginia: median $68 across 58 hospitalsVA$68Maryland: median $54 across 30 hospitalsMD$54Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $40 across 28 hospitalsAZ$40New Mexico: median $56 across 10 hospitalsNM$56Kansas: median $131 across 24 hospitalsKS$131Arkansas: median $53 across 15 hospitalsAR$53Tennessee: median $26 across 38 hospitalsTN$26North Carolina: median $45 across 69 hospitalsNC$45South Carolina: median $34 across 33 hospitalsSC$34Oklahoma: median $67 across 42 hospitalsOK$67Louisiana: median $31 across 28 hospitalsLA$31Mississippi: median $27 across 14 hospitalsMS$27Alabama: median $47 across 18 hospitalsAL$47Georgia: median $50 across 66 hospitalsGA$50Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $104 across 142 hospitalsTX$104Florida: median $19 across 73 hospitalsFL$19
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $60. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT31$227+278%$131 – $267
Kansas KS24$131+118%$48 – $362
Wisconsin WI55$109+82%$54 – $147
Texas TX142$104+74%$40 – $278
West Virginia WV26$101+68%$55 – $101
Colorado CO40$98+63%$76 – $289
New Hampshire NH11$90+50%$41 – $151
Massachusetts MA44$89+48%$47 – $163
Illinois IL92$85+42%$35 – $172
Pennsylvania PA84$78+31%$22 – $172
Idaho ID13$72+20%$65 – $114
Missouri MO39$70+17%$35 – $90
Virginia VA58$68+13%$23 – $213
Oklahoma OK42$67+11%$40 – $183
Washington WA41$66+9%$24 – $85
Ohio OH107$64+7%$40 – $121
Iowa IA29$64+7%$48 – $81
Oregon OR18$58−3%$37 – $101
Minnesota MN47$58−4%$23 – $106
Nevada NV13$57−5%$21 – $97
Kentucky KY39$56−6%$28 – $156
New Mexico NM10$56−7%$35 – $77
Connecticut CT10$56−7%$32 – $80
Maryland MD30$54−9%$36 – $65
Arkansas AR15$53−11%$40 – $65
California CA63$51−15%$16 – $118
Georgia GA66$50−17%$29 – $146
Nebraska NE10$49−19%$43 – $154
Alabama AL18$47−21%$23 – $228
Wyoming WY10$46−24%$32 – $144
North Carolina NC69$45−25%$28 – $67
New York NY75$41−32%$19 – $93
Arizona AZ28$40−33%$20 – $101
Indiana IN51$40−34%$24 – $183
South Carolina SC33$34−44%$34 – $120
Michigan MI60$34−44%$8 – $77
Louisiana LA28$31−48%$22 – $117
Rhode Island RI10$30−49%$25 – $106
Mississippi MS14$27−55%$13 – $35
Tennessee TN38$26−57%$23 – $74
New Jersey NJ50$21−66%$19 – $48
Florida FL73$19−68%$12 – $126
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not 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 $60.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,419$56$24 – $134
Children’s58$97$41 – $135
Critical access315$72$36 – $152
Ownership
For-profit224$56$21 – $211
Government233$52$28 – $144
Non-profit1,335$62$28 – $132
System affiliation
Part of a system1,562$60$27 – $140
Independent237$59$30 – $130

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$98
Median cash price$60
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

1,286 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $62 and the average of the middle 60% is $70; most fall between $29 and $137.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,286 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$34$62$123$219

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($22 vs $219).

Of the 1,408 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,286 gave a usable cash price; 69 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 53 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,799 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (45%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,953 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,799
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here92
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 — excluded61
Hospitals that filed this code1,953

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.

Related procedures

Part of the Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as ASSAY OF BLOOD FATTY ACIDS.

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, “Free fatty acids blood test (CPT 82725) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82725-free-fatty-acids-blood-test