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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 blood test

CPT 83698the billing code this page is about

Measures the level of the enzyme lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 in a blood sample.

Hospitals typically charge $99 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,631 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $112. Most fall between $51 and $215 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,631
States
50
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 1,631 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
$36$58$99$192$312

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($36 vs $312).

How the prices are spread

$26 – $34: 71 hospitals$26$34 – $46: 95 hospitals$46 – $61: 200 hospitals$46$61 – $81: 205 hospitals$81 – $107: 254 hospitals$81$107 – $142: 164 hospitals$142 – $189: 154 hospitals$142$189 – $251: 164 hospitals$251 – $334: 101 hospitals$251$334 – $444: 66 hospitals$334median $99price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,474 of 1,631 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$26$3471
$34$4695
$46$61200
$61$81205
$81$107254
$107$142164
$142$189154
$189$251164
$251$334101
$334$44466

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $99.

Alaska: median $138 across 11 hospitalsAK$138Maine: median $36 across 11 hospitalsME$36Vermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $101 across 49 hospitalsWA$101Idaho: median $104 across 10 hospitalsID$104Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $150 across 73 hospitalsIL$150Wisconsin: median $138 across 53 hospitalsWI$138Michigan: median $64 across 48 hospitalsMI$64New York: median $90 across 53 hospitalsNY$90Massachusetts: median $170 across 29 hospitalsMA$170Oregon: median $101 across 27 hospitalsOR$101Nevada: median $139 across 10 hospitalsNV$139Wyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $86 across 31 hospitalsIA$86Indiana: median $89 across 63 hospitalsIN$89Ohio: median $154 across 86 hospitalsOH$154Pennsylvania: median $125 across 87 hospitalsPA$125New Jersey: median $51 across 43 hospitalsNJ$51Connecticut: median $147 across 13 hospitalsCT$147Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $80 across 83 hospitalsCA$80Utah: median $99 across 33 hospitalsUT$99Colorado: median $187 across 46 hospitalsCO$187Nebraska: median $133 across 19 hospitalsNE$133Missouri: median $84 across 30 hospitalsMO$84Kentucky: median $94 across 29 hospitalsKY$94West Virginia: median $122 across 15 hospitalsWV$122Virginia: median $87 across 49 hospitalsVA$87Maryland: median $61 across 13 hospitalsMD$61Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $78 across 23 hospitalsAZ$78New Mexico: median $202 across 20 hospitalsNM$202Kansas: median $160 across 26 hospitalsKS$160Arkansas: median $42 across 15 hospitalsAR$42Tennessee: median $65 across 36 hospitalsTN$65North Carolina: median $74 across 41 hospitalsNC$74South Carolina: median $147 across 31 hospitalsSC$147Oklahoma: median $81 across 42 hospitalsOK$81Louisiana: median $65 across 22 hospitalsLA$65Mississippi: median $51 across 28 hospitalsMS$51Alabama: median $77 across 20 hospitalsAL$77Georgia: median $167 across 54 hospitalsGA$167Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $105 across 119 hospitalsTX$105Florida: median $56 across 89 hospitalsFL$56
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $99. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Mexico NM20$202+105%$125 – $299
Colorado CO46$187+90%$102 – $289
Massachusetts MA29$170+73%$103 – $296
Georgia GA54$167+69%$68 – $415
Kansas KS26$160+62%$52 – $244
Ohio OH86$154+57%$83 – $208
Illinois IL73$150+52%$67 – $371
Connecticut CT13$147+50%$22 – $198
South Carolina SC31$147+49%$88 – $258
Nevada NV10$139+41%$59 – $243
Wisconsin WI53$138+40%$118 – $215
Alaska AK11$138+40%$48 – $268
Nebraska NE19$133+35%$78 – $260
Pennsylvania PA87$125+27%$46 – $326
West Virginia WV15$122+23%$25 – $170
Texas TX119$105+7%$70 – $213
Idaho ID10$104+6%$87 – $128
Oregon OR27$101+2%$51 – $144
Washington WA49$101+2%$63 – $198
Utah UT33$990%$99 – $116
Kentucky KY29$94−5%$59 – $425
New York NY53$90−9%$46 – $167
Indiana IN63$89−10%$57 – $104
Virginia VA49$87−12%$13 – $266
Iowa IA31$86−12%$66 – $131
Missouri MO30$84−15%$64 – $163
Oklahoma OK42$81−18%$49 – $127
California CA83$80−19%$25 – $179
Arizona AZ23$78−21%$46 – $206
Alabama AL20$77−22%$48 – $177
North Carolina NC41$74−25%$45 – $362
Louisiana LA22$65−34%$42 – $133
Tennessee TN36$65−34%$58 – $90
Michigan MI48$64−35%$28 – $125
Maryland MD13$61−38%$46 – $122
Florida FL89$56−44%$26 – $161
New Jersey NJ43$51−48%$46 – $71
Mississippi MS28$51−48%$27 – $83
Arkansas AR15$42−58%$30 – $98
Maine ME11$36−63%$18 – $88
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not 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 $99.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,298$95$49 – $214
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access313$122$66 – $215
Ownership
For-profit212$112$48 – $280
Government230$89$49 – $197
Non-profit1,182$98$52 – $208
System affiliation
Part of a system1,380$99$51 – $215
Independent251$104$53 – $197

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$175
Median cash price$99
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

1,180 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $104 and the average of the middle 60% is $115; most fall between $53 and $225.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,180 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
$36$61$104$205$312

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($36 vs $312).

Of the 1,310 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,180 gave a usable cash price; 79 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

1,631 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (41%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,796 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,631
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here106
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded59
Hospitals that filed this code1,796

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 ASSAY LIPOPROTEIN PLA2.

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, “Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 blood test (CPT 83698) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-83698-lipoprotein-associated-phospholipase-a2-blood-test