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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Glutathione blood level

CPT 82978the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that measures the amount of glutathione, an antioxidant compound, in a blood sample.

Hospitals typically charge $72 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,150 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $80. Most fall between $29 and $169 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,150
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 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 1,150 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
$20$34$72$153$269

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($20 vs $269).

How the prices are spread

$15 – $21: 94 hospitals$15$21 – $29: 100 hospitals$29 – $40: 122 hospitals$29$40 – $55: 94 hospitals$55 – $76: 168 hospitals$55$76 – $105: 141 hospitals$105 – $144: 92 hospitals$105$144 – $198: 120 hospitals$198 – $273: 72 hospitals$198$273 – $375: 50 hospitals$273median $72price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,053 of 1,150 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$15$2194
$21$29100
$29$40122
$40$5594
$55$76168
$76$105141
$105$14492
$144$198120
$198$27372
$273$37550

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $72.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $74 across 10 hospitalsNH$74Washington: median $72 across 26 hospitalsWA$72Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $84 across 29 hospitalsMN$84Illinois: median $82 across 45 hospitalsIL$82Wisconsin: median $75 across 45 hospitalsWI$75Michigan: median $48 across 47 hospitalsMI$48New York: median $33 across 50 hospitalsNY$33Massachusetts: median $70 across 30 hospitalsMA$70Oregon: median $80 across 14 hospitalsOR$80Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $64 across 23 hospitalsIA$64Indiana: median $30 across 34 hospitalsIN$30Ohio: median $132 across 92 hospitalsOH$132Pennsylvania: median $57 across 58 hospitalsPA$57New Jersey: median $17 across 36 hospitalsNJ$17Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $121 across 49 hospitalsCA$121Utah: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $103 across 26 hospitalsCO$103Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $51 across 13 hospitalsMO$51Kentucky: median $91 across 25 hospitalsKY$91West Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $37 across 44 hospitalsVA$37Maryland: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $56 across 16 hospitalsAZ$56New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $341 across 10 hospitalsKS$341Arkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $25 across 33 hospitalsTN$25North Carolina: median $132 across 49 hospitalsNC$132South Carolina: median $163 across 15 hospitalsSC$163Oklahoma: median $27 across 16 hospitalsOK$27Louisiana: median $33 across 23 hospitalsLA$33Mississippi: median $42 across 14 hospitalsMS$42Alabama: median $47 across 10 hospitalsAL$47Georgia: median $66 across 29 hospitalsGA$66Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $115 across 87 hospitalsTX$115Florida: median $71 across 48 hospitalsFL$71
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $72. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kansas KS10$341+372%$110 – $583
South Carolina SC15$163+125%$38 – $163
North Carolina NC49$132+83%$30 – $255
Ohio OH92$132+83%$70 – $369
California CA49$121+68%$60 – $174
Texas TX87$115+59%$46 – $169
Colorado CO26$103+43%$76 – $166
Kentucky KY25$91+27%$33 – $141
Minnesota MN29$84+16%$20 – $92
Illinois IL45$82+14%$36 – $201
Oregon OR14$80+11%$47 – $143
Wisconsin WI45$75+4%$58 – $103
New Hampshire NH10$74+3%$43 – $379
Washington WA26$720%$32 – $110
Florida FL48$71−1%$33 – $232
Massachusetts MA30$70−3%$48 – $143
Georgia GA29$66−8%$24 – $157
Iowa IA23$64−11%$55 – $241
Pennsylvania PA58$57−21%$15 – $107
Arizona AZ16$56−23%$18 – $161
Missouri MO13$51−29%$36 – $162
Michigan MI47$48−33%$22 – $146
Alabama AL10$47−35%$17 – $76
Mississippi MS14$42−42%$22 – $102
Virginia VA44$37−49%$30 – $70
Louisiana LA23$33−54%$23 – $103
New York NY50$33−55%$15 – $61
Indiana IN34$30−58%$20 – $140
Oklahoma OK16$27−62%$27 – $46
Tennessee TN33$25−65%$23 – $79
New Jersey NJ36$17−76%$15 – $18
Maryland MD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $72.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care899$69$25 – $169
Children’s35$111$48 – $253
Critical access212$80$42 – $176
Ownership
For-profit125$72$23 – $169
Government162$77$32 – $158
Non-profit859$71$29 – $169
System affiliation
Part of a system972$70$27 – $169
Independent178$84$37 – $188

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$123
Median cash price$72
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

811 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $75 and the average of the middle 60% is $84; most fall between $33 and $169.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 811 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$37$75$158$253

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($24 vs $253).

Of the 876 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 811 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 35 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,150 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (29%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,235 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,150
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded35
Hospitals that filed this code1,235

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 GLUTATHIONE.

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, “Glutathione blood level (CPT 82978) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82978-glutathione-blood-level