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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Stool lactoferrin test with measured amount

CPT 83631the billing code this page is about

Measures how much lactoferrin, a marker of intestinal inflammation, is present in a stool sample and reports a numeric result.

Hospitals typically charge $104 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,336 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $108. Most fall between $43 and $199 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,336
States
49
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – 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 1,336 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
$29$49$104$179$287

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($29 vs $287).

How the prices are spread

$21 – $28: 74 hospitals$21$28 – $39: 97 hospitals$39 – $52: 127 hospitals$39$52 – $71: 100 hospitals$71 – $96: 168 hospitals$71$96 – $130: 195 hospitals$130 – $176: 176 hospitals$130$176 – $239: 148 hospitals$239 – $323: 86 hospitals$239$323 – $438: 42 hospitals$323median $104price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,213 of 1,336 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$21$2874
$28$3997
$39$52127
$52$71100
$71$96168
$96$130195
$130$176176
$176$239148
$239$32386
$323$43842

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $104.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 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 $93 across 45 hospitalsWA$93Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $136 across 14 hospitalsMN$136Illinois: median $177 across 55 hospitalsIL$177Wisconsin: median $114 across 31 hospitalsWI$114Michigan: median $30 across 26 hospitalsMI$30New York: median $68 across 52 hospitalsNY$68Massachusetts: median $94 across 38 hospitalsMA$94Oregon: median $114 across 19 hospitalsOR$114Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $64 across 20 hospitalsIA$64Indiana: median $98 across 44 hospitalsIN$98Ohio: median $188 across 58 hospitalsOH$188Pennsylvania: median $81 across 78 hospitalsPA$81New Jersey: median $23 across 48 hospitalsNJ$23Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $175 across 61 hospitalsCA$175Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $163 across 12 hospitalsCO$163Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $105 across 29 hospitalsMO$105Kentucky: median $83 across 42 hospitalsKY$83West Virginia: median $83 across 21 hospitalsWV$83Virginia: median $112 across 53 hospitalsVA$112Maryland: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $114 across 23 hospitalsAZ$114New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $150 across 26 hospitalsKS$150Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $68 across 37 hospitalsTN$68North Carolina: median $99 across 52 hospitalsNC$99South Carolina: median $100 across 38 hospitalsSC$100Oklahoma: median $84 across 33 hospitalsOK$84Louisiana: median $63 across 13 hospitalsLA$63Mississippi: median $39 across 24 hospitalsMS$39Alabama: median $46 across 13 hospitalsAL$46Georgia: median $80 across 56 hospitalsGA$80Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $106 across 97 hospitalsTX$106Florida: median $92 across 61 hospitalsFL$92
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $104. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH58$188+80%$52 – $460
Illinois IL55$177+70%$117 – $277
California CA61$175+68%$80 – $199
Colorado CO12$163+56%$110 – $556
Kansas KS26$150+44%$105 – $211
Minnesota MN14$136+30%$103 – $136
Arizona AZ23$114+10%$40 – $186
Wisconsin WI31$114+9%$80 – $179
Oregon OR19$114+9%$57 – $168
Virginia VA53$112+7%$33 – $204
Texas TX97$106+2%$49 – $231
Missouri MO29$1050%$71 – $333
South Carolina SC38$100−4%$73 – $233
North Carolina NC52$99−5%$79 – $146
Indiana IN44$98−6%$41 – $217
Massachusetts MA38$94−9%$48 – $162
Washington WA45$93−11%$48 – $142
Florida FL61$92−12%$46 – $136
Oklahoma OK33$84−19%$42 – $616
Kentucky KY42$83−21%$44 – $224
West Virginia WV21$83−21%$75 – $187
Pennsylvania PA78$81−22%$23 – $209
Georgia GA56$80−23%$43 – $152
New York NY52$68−35%$20 – $149
Tennessee TN37$68−35%$21 – $140
Iowa IA20$64−38%$64 – $124
Louisiana LA13$63−40%$31 – $91
Alabama AL13$46−56%$23 – $289
Mississippi MS24$39−62%$18 – $102
Michigan MI26$30−71%$26 – $37
New Jersey NJ48$23−78%$20 – $326
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $104.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,011$94$39 – $199
Children’s22$157$48 – $304
Critical access300$124$68 – $208
Ownership
For-profit206$99$43 – $241
Government222$105$50 – $201
Non-profit905$105$41 – $199
System affiliation
Part of a system1,096$100$41 – $199
Independent240$114$60 – $224

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$180
Median cash price$104
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

887 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $106 and the average of the middle 60% is $112; most fall between $47 and $199.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 887 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
$33$57$106$175$277

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($33 vs $277).

Of the 977 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 887 gave a usable cash price; 39 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 51 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,336 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (34%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,442 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,336
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here55
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 — excluded50
Hospitals that filed this code1,442

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 July 20, 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 LACTOFERRIN FECAL (QUANT).

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 with measured amount (CPT 83631) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-83631-stool-lactoferrin-test-with-measured-amount