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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Stool lactoferrin test (positive or negative)

CPT 83630the billing code this page is about

Checks a stool sample for lactoferrin, a marker of white blood cells in the intestine, and reports only whether it is present.

Hospitals typically charge $77 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,481 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $80. Most fall between $38 and $140 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,481
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 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 2,481 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
$27$43$77$123$211

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($27 vs $211).

How the prices are spread

$20 – $26: 109 hospitals$20$26 – $33: 140 hospitals$33 – $43: 250 hospitals$33$43 – $55: 243 hospitals$55 – $71: 258 hospitals$55$71 – $92: 385 hospitals$92 – $118: 299 hospitals$92$118 – $153: 253 hospitals$153 – $197: 125 hospitals$153$197 – $254: 173 hospitals$197median $77price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,235 of 2,481 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$20$26109
$26$33140
$33$43250
$43$55243
$55$71258
$71$92385
$92$118299
$118$153253
$153$197125
$197$254173

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $77.

Alaska: median $113 across 16 hospitalsAK$113Maine: median $65 across 17 hospitalsME$65Vermont: median $120 across 12 hospitalsVT$120New Hampshire: median $86 across 18 hospitalsNH$86Washington: median $90 across 60 hospitalsWA$90Idaho: median $88 across 19 hospitalsID$88Montana: median $105 across 25 hospitalsMT$105North Dakota: median $111 across 32 hospitalsND$111Minnesota: median $67 across 76 hospitalsMN$67Illinois: median $98 across 100 hospitalsIL$98Wisconsin: median $86 across 85 hospitalsWI$86Michigan: median $58 across 81 hospitalsMI$58New York: median $60 across 83 hospitalsNY$60Massachusetts: median $95 across 38 hospitalsMA$95Oregon: median $60 across 40 hospitalsOR$60Nevada: median $97 across 15 hospitalsNV$97Wyoming: median $72 across 14 hospitalsWY$72South Dakota: median $118 across 20 hospitalsSD$118Iowa: median $67 across 78 hospitalsIA$67Indiana: median $64 across 79 hospitalsIN$64Ohio: median $73 across 129 hospitalsOH$73Pennsylvania: median $76 across 96 hospitalsPA$76New Jersey: median $22 across 45 hospitalsNJ$22Connecticut: median $89 across 18 hospitalsCT$89Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $80 across 107 hospitalsCA$80Utah: median $211 across 39 hospitalsUT$211Colorado: median $91 across 53 hospitalsCO$91Nebraska: median $88 across 69 hospitalsNE$88Missouri: median $68 across 59 hospitalsMO$68Kentucky: median $108 across 54 hospitalsKY$108West Virginia: median $87 across 30 hospitalsWV$87Virginia: median $77 across 43 hospitalsVA$77Maryland: median $52 across 28 hospitalsMD$52Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $59 across 37 hospitalsAZ$59New Mexico: median $94 across 19 hospitalsNM$94Kansas: median $68 across 32 hospitalsKS$68Arkansas: median $50 across 20 hospitalsAR$50Tennessee: median $54 across 56 hospitalsTN$54North Carolina: median $99 across 59 hospitalsNC$99South Carolina: median $103 across 31 hospitalsSC$103Oklahoma: median $49 across 48 hospitalsOK$49Louisiana: median $42 across 37 hospitalsLA$42Mississippi: median $41 across 43 hospitalsMS$41Alabama: median $63 across 25 hospitalsAL$63Georgia: median $84 across 83 hospitalsGA$84Hawaii: median $87 across 16 hospitalsHI$87Texas: median $99 across 172 hospitalsTX$99Florida: median $67 across 114 hospitalsFL$67
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $77. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT39$211+176%$138 – $248
Vermont VT12$120+57%$78 – $242
South Dakota SD20$118+55%$55 – $155
Alaska AK16$113+48%$88 – $160
North Dakota ND32$111+45%$37 – $156
Kentucky KY54$108+41%$43 – $276
Montana MT25$105+38%$78 – $132
South Carolina SC31$103+34%$75 – $109
Texas TX172$99+30%$52 – $160
North Carolina NC59$99+29%$44 – $160
Illinois IL100$98+27%$52 – $139
Nevada NV15$97+26%$25 – $127
Massachusetts MA38$95+24%$51 – $188
New Mexico NM19$94+23%$35 – $119
Colorado CO53$91+19%$53 – $143
Washington WA60$90+17%$52 – $121
Connecticut CT18$89+16%$73 – $110
Idaho ID19$88+15%$66 – $106
Nebraska NE69$88+15%$45 – $132
Hawaii HI16$87+14%$37 – $206
West Virginia WV30$87+13%$52 – $102
Wisconsin WI85$86+13%$69 – $121
New Hampshire NH18$86+13%$43 – $373
Georgia GA83$84+10%$40 – $197
California CA107$80+5%$40 – $213
Virginia VA43$770%$54 – $164
Pennsylvania PA96$760%$23 – $139
Ohio OH129$73−5%$43 – $140
Wyoming WY14$72−6%$45 – $135
Kansas KS32$68−11%$44 – $161
Missouri MO59$68−11%$43 – $128
Minnesota MN76$67−12%$40 – $113
Florida FL114$67−12%$35 – $227
Iowa IA78$67−12%$56 – $127
Maine ME17$65−15%$38 – $101
Indiana IN79$64−16%$28 – $142
Alabama AL25$63−18%$29 – $273
New York NY83$60−22%$20 – $103
Oregon OR40$60−22%$34 – $84
Arizona AZ37$59−23%$34 – $124
Michigan MI81$58−25%$27 – $88
Tennessee TN56$54−29%$33 – $89
Maryland MD28$52−32%$32 – $87
Arkansas AR20$50−34%$30 – $83
Oklahoma OK48$49−35%$35 – $83
Louisiana LA37$42−45%$30 – $76
Mississippi MS43$41−46%$26 – $63
New Jersey NJ45$22−72%$20 – $23
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not 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 $77.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,780$73$35 – $136
Children’s38$73$41 – $178
Critical access656$89$51 – $144
Ownership
For-profit318$91$42 – $233
Government405$76$41 – $136
Non-profit1,751$75$36 – $129
System affiliation
Part of a system2,098$79$37 – $142
Independent383$74$40 – $128

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$128
Median cash price$77
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

1,694 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $80 and the average of the middle 60% is $82; most fall between $40 and $136.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,694 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
$30$47$80$122$198

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($30 vs $198).

Of the 1,868 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,694 gave a usable cash price; 94 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 80 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,481 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (63%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,683 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,481
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here112
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 — excluded89
Hospitals that filed this code2,683

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 Leukocytes-Fecal.

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, “Stool lactoferrin test (positive or negative) (CPT 83630) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-83630-stool-lactoferrin-test-positive-or-negative