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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

17-hydroxycorticosteroid hormone test

CPT 83491the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that measures 17-hydroxycorticosteroids, breakdown products of adrenal gland steroid hormones, in a blood or urine sample.

Hospitals typically charge $78 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,437 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $90. Most fall between $36 and $181 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,437
States
48
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 1,437 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$45$78$158$273

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($23 vs $273).

How the prices are spread

$18 – $24: 108 hospitals$18$24 – $34: 106 hospitals$34 – $46: 98 hospitals$34$46 – $63: 184 hospitals$63 – $86: 221 hospitals$63$86 – $117: 175 hospitals$117 – $161: 147 hospitals$117$161 – $220: 121 hospitals$220 – $301: 101 hospitals$220$301 – $411: 55 hospitals$301median $78price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,316 of 1,437 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$18$24108
$24$34106
$34$4698
$46$63184
$63$86221
$86$117175
$117$161147
$161$220121
$220$301101
$301$41155

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $78.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $71 across 29 hospitalsWA$71Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $114 across 71 hospitalsIL$114Wisconsin: median $90 across 37 hospitalsWI$90Michigan: median $34 across 38 hospitalsMI$34New York: median $58 across 63 hospitalsNY$58Massachusetts: median $98 across 23 hospitalsMA$98Oregon: median $73 across 16 hospitalsOR$73Nevada: median $54 across 10 hospitalsNV$54Wyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $55 across 25 hospitalsIA$55Indiana: median $54 across 54 hospitalsIN$54Ohio: median $103 across 71 hospitalsOH$103Pennsylvania: median $65 across 75 hospitalsPA$65New Jersey: median $20 across 43 hospitalsNJ$20Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $51 across 62 hospitalsCA$51Utah: median $197 across 33 hospitalsUT$197Colorado: median $114 across 37 hospitalsCO$114Nebraska: median $209 across 16 hospitalsNE$209Missouri: median $81 across 35 hospitalsMO$81Kentucky: median $112 across 40 hospitalsKY$112West Virginia: median $95 across 18 hospitalsWV$95Virginia: median $181 across 31 hospitalsVA$181Maryland: median $65 across 20 hospitalsMD$65Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $118 across 20 hospitalsAZ$118New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $114 across 21 hospitalsKS$114Arkansas: median $73 across 17 hospitalsAR$73Tennessee: median $68 across 44 hospitalsTN$68North Carolina: median $54 across 43 hospitalsNC$54South Carolina: median $58 across 12 hospitalsSC$58Oklahoma: median $92 across 32 hospitalsOK$92Louisiana: median $59 across 22 hospitalsLA$59Mississippi: median $66 across 25 hospitalsMS$66Alabama: median $113 across 11 hospitalsAL$113Georgia: median $53 across 57 hospitalsGA$53Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $76 across 134 hospitalsTX$76Florida: median $59 across 82 hospitalsFL$59
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $78. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Nebraska NE16$209+167%$174 – $370
Utah UT33$197+152%$163 – $232
Virginia VA31$181+130%$39 – $246
Arizona AZ20$118+50%$28 – $127
Colorado CO37$114+45%$69 – $279
Illinois IL71$114+45%$44 – $185
Kansas KS21$114+45%$65 – $168
Alabama AL11$113+44%$66 – $172
Kentucky KY40$112+43%$55 – $221
Ohio OH71$103+32%$65 – $249
Massachusetts MA23$98+25%$33 – $174
West Virginia WV18$95+21%$54 – $222
Oklahoma OK32$92+18%$54 – $166
Wisconsin WI37$90+15%$67 – $107
Missouri MO35$81+4%$45 – $202
Texas TX134$76−3%$34 – $493
Arkansas AR17$73−6%$46 – $114
Oregon OR16$73−7%$64 – $103
Washington WA29$71−10%$39 – $120
Tennessee TN44$68−13%$31 – $159
Mississippi MS25$66−16%$35 – $97
Maryland MD20$65−17%$34 – $94
Pennsylvania PA75$65−17%$21 – $166
Louisiana LA22$59−24%$33 – $103
Florida FL82$59−25%$21 – $114
South Carolina SC12$58−25%$50 – $88
New York NY63$58−27%$21 – $103
Iowa IA25$55−30%$55 – $170
North Carolina NC43$54−31%$30 – $392
Nevada NV10$54−31%$17 – $117
Indiana IN54$54−32%$31 – $237
Georgia GA57$53−32%$46 – $173
California CA62$51−35%$24 – $157
Michigan MI38$34−57%$21 – $83
New Jersey NJ43$20−75%$18 – $236
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not 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 $78.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,145$76$34 – $178
Children’s28$111$38 – $192
Critical access256$104$55 – $197
Ownership
For-profit228$91$31 – $350
Government178$77$38 – $130
Non-profit1,023$78$37 – $178
System affiliation
Part of a system1,209$77$35 – $190
Independent228$88$39 – $158

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$141
Median cash price$78
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

964 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $78 and the average of the middle 60% is $90; most fall between $44 and $173.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 964 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
$31$51$78$156$248

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($31 vs $248).

Of the 1,067 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 964 gave a usable cash price; 53 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 50 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,437 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (36%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,569 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,437
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here77
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded54
Hospitals that filed this code1,569

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 ASY HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROIDS17.

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, “17-hydroxycorticosteroid hormone test (CPT 83491) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-83491-17-hydroxycorticosteroid-hormone-test