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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Screen for unstable hemoglobin

CPT 83068the billing code this page is about

A screening blood test that checks for unstable forms of hemoglobin, such as with a heat or isopropanol precipitation method.

Hospitals typically charge $68 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 960 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $66. Most fall between $19 and $118 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
960
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 960 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
$11$24$68$105$211

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($11 vs $211).

How the prices are spread

$9 – $13: 84 hospitals$9$13 – $18: 58 hospitals$18 – $25: 59 hospitals$18$25 – $35: 80 hospitals$35 – $49: 86 hospitals$35$49 – $68: 69 hospitals$68 – $94: 144 hospitals$68$94 – $131: 176 hospitals$131 – $182: 41 hospitals$131$182 – $253: 78 hospitals$182median $68price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (875 of 960 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$9$1384
$13$1858
$18$2559
$25$3580
$35$4986
$49$6869
$68$94144
$94$131176
$131$18241
$182$25378

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $68.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $62 across 26 hospitalsWA$62Idaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $46 across 11 hospitalsND$46Minnesota: median $84 across 41 hospitalsMN$84Illinois: median $64 across 44 hospitalsIL$64Wisconsin: median $106 across 46 hospitalsWI$106Michigan: median $36 across 24 hospitalsMI$36New York: median $24 across 39 hospitalsNY$24Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $35 across 31 hospitalsIA$35Indiana: median $15 across 19 hospitalsIN$15Ohio: median $98 across 64 hospitalsOH$98Pennsylvania: median $11 across 30 hospitalsPA$11New Jersey: median $10 across 35 hospitalsNJ$10Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $75 across 45 hospitalsCA$75Utah: median $105 across 25 hospitalsUT$105Colorado: median $76 across 32 hospitalsCO$76Nebraska: median $95 across 15 hospitalsNE$95Missouri: median $52 across 22 hospitalsMO$52Kentucky: median $93 across 20 hospitalsKY$93West Virginia: median $12 across 12 hospitalsWV$12Virginia: median $44 across 19 hospitalsVA$44Maryland: median $37 across 15 hospitalsMD$37Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: median $124 across 15 hospitalsKS$124Arkansas: median $83 across 13 hospitalsAR$83Tennessee: median $14 across 25 hospitalsTN$14North Carolina: median $85 across 22 hospitalsNC$85South Carolina: median $109 across 18 hospitalsSC$109Oklahoma: median $17 across 24 hospitalsOK$17Louisiana: median $16 across 18 hospitalsLA$16Mississippi: median $13 across 10 hospitalsMS$13Alabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $159 across 24 hospitalsGA$159Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $105 across 61 hospitalsTX$105Florida: median $72 across 32 hospitalsFL$72
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $68. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA24$159+135%$101 – $201
Kansas KS15$124+83%$87 – $236
South Carolina SC18$109+61%$57 – $109
Wisconsin WI46$106+57%$35 – $248
Utah UT25$105+55%$105 – $123
Texas TX61$105+55%$52 – $105
Ohio OH64$98+44%$36 – $253
Nebraska NE15$95+41%$44 – $156
Kentucky KY20$93+37%$21 – $505
North Carolina NC22$85+26%$57 – $97
Minnesota MN41$84+25%$55 – $86
Arkansas AR13$83+22%$28 – $129
Colorado CO32$76+13%$56 – $212
California CA45$75+11%$34 – $104
Florida FL32$72+6%$28 – $157
Illinois IL44$64−6%$15 – $231
Washington WA26$62−9%$9 – $169
Missouri MO22$52−24%$28 – $112
North Dakota ND11$46−31%$42 – $121
Virginia VA19$44−35%$14 – $93
Maryland MD15$37−45%$27 – $41
Michigan MI24$36−47%$13 – $199
Iowa IA31$35−48%$34 – $105
New York NY39$24−65%$9 – $95
Oklahoma OK24$17−75%$17 – $83
Louisiana LA18$16−76%$12 – $20
Indiana IN19$15−78%$14 – $49
Tennessee TN25$14−79%$9 – $30
Mississippi MS10$13−80%$10 – $42
West Virginia WV12$12−82%$12 – $47
Pennsylvania PA30$11−84%$6 – $24
New Jersey NJ35$10−85%$9 – $11
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not 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 $68.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care766$64$17 – $110
Children’s30$103$36 – $245
Critical access160$78$22 – $118
Ownership
For-profit68$76$14 – $248
Government115$56$15 – $97
Non-profit773$71$20 – $117
System affiliation
Part of a system857$72$19 – $115
Independent103$47$19 – $143

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$121
Median cash price$68
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

680 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $79 and the average of the middle 60% is $75; most fall between $28 and $112.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 680 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
$15$34$79$105$199

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($15 vs $199).

Of the 740 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 680 gave a usable cash price; 36 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 24 a list price only.

How complete is this

960 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,017 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted960
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
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 — excluded24
Hospitals that filed this code1,017

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 Unstbl Hmglbn(Hgbl2).

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, “Screen for unstable hemoglobin (CPT 83068) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-83068-screen-for-unstable-hemoglobin