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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Acid mucopolysaccharides test, quantitative

CPT 83864the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that measures the amount of acid mucopolysaccharides (glycosaminoglycans) in a specimen, usually urine.

Hospitals typically charge $128 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,096 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $138. Most fall between $46 and $298 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,096
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 1,096 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$51$128$244$492

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($33 vs $492).

How the prices are spread

$29 – $40: 120 hospitals$29$40 – $55: 119 hospitals$55 – $77: 96 hospitals$55$77 – $108: 107 hospitals$108 – $150: 101 hospitals$108$150 – $210: 171 hospitals$210 – $293: 109 hospitals$210$293 – $408: 85 hospitals$408 – $569: 40 hospitals$408$569 – $794: 50 hospitals$569median $128price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (998 of 1,096 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$29$40120
$40$55119
$55$7796
$77$108107
$108$150101
$150$210171
$210$293109
$293$40885
$408$56940
$569$79450

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $128.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 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 $102 across 19 hospitalsWA$102Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $224 across 24 hospitalsMN$224Illinois: median $134 across 52 hospitalsIL$134Wisconsin: median $200 across 34 hospitalsWI$200Michigan: median $57 across 29 hospitalsMI$57New York: median $85 across 49 hospitalsNY$85Massachusetts: median $115 across 22 hospitalsMA$115Oregon: median $152 across 12 hospitalsOR$152Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $86 across 20 hospitalsIA$86Indiana: median $56 across 37 hospitalsIN$56Ohio: median $128 across 72 hospitalsOH$128Pennsylvania: median $61 across 48 hospitalsPA$61New Jersey: median $31 across 38 hospitalsNJ$31Connecticut: 6 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 $178 across 47 hospitalsCA$178Utah: median $675 across 26 hospitalsUT$675Colorado: median $112 across 17 hospitalsCO$112Nebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $177 across 23 hospitalsMO$177Kentucky: median $154 across 22 hospitalsKY$154West Virginia: median $441 across 21 hospitalsWV$441Virginia: median $48 across 42 hospitalsVA$48Maryland: median $96 across 23 hospitalsMD$96Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $51 across 11 hospitalsAR$51Tennessee: median $42 across 29 hospitalsTN$42North Carolina: median $403 across 37 hospitalsNC$403South Carolina: median $58 across 26 hospitalsSC$58Oklahoma: median $50 across 27 hospitalsOK$50Louisiana: median $115 across 23 hospitalsLA$115Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $299 across 31 hospitalsGA$299Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $193 across 80 hospitalsTX$193Florida: median $126 across 46 hospitalsFL$126
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $128. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT26$675+427%$675 – $794
West Virginia WV21$441+244%$65 – $472
North Carolina NC37$403+215%$86 – $592
Georgia GA31$299+134%$50 – $485
Minnesota MN24$224+75%$179 – $242
Wisconsin WI34$200+57%$162 – $345
Texas TX80$193+51%$147 – $275
California CA47$178+39%$100 – $202
Missouri MO23$177+38%$121 – $211
Kentucky KY22$154+20%$46 – $234
Oregon OR12$152+19%$50 – $307
Illinois IL52$134+4%$60 – $263
Ohio OH72$1280%$59 – $927
Florida FL46$126−2%$41 – $191
Massachusetts MA22$115−10%$63 – $319
Louisiana LA23$115−11%$38 – $390
Colorado CO17$112−12%$86 – $492
Washington WA19$102−20%$43 – $124
Maryland MD23$96−25%$69 – $106
Iowa IA20$86−33%$86 – $176
New York NY49$85−34%$29 – $264
Pennsylvania PA48$61−52%$28 – $240
South Carolina SC26$58−55%$58 – $194
Michigan MI29$57−55%$39 – $202
Indiana IN37$56−56%$41 – $106
Arkansas AR11$51−60%$48 – $78
Oklahoma OK27$50−61%$43 – $157
Virginia VA42$48−63%$31 – $312
Tennessee TN29$42−67%$35 – $159
New Jersey NJ38$31−76%$29 – $91
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $128.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care879$122$43 – $274
Children’s45$170$66 – $393
Critical access167$158$51 – $345
Ownership
For-profit120$159$46 – $382
Government132$149$45 – $403
Non-profit839$124$45 – $275
System affiliation
Part of a system965$128$46 – $299
Independent131$106$45 – $273

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$227
Median cash price$128
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

749 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $143 and the average of the middle 60% is $147; most fall between $53 and $279.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 749 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
$39$60$143$239$592

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($39 vs $592).

Of the 822 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 749 gave a usable cash price; 48 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 25 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,096 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (28%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,183 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,096
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here62
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 — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code1,183

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 MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES.

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, “Acid mucopolysaccharides test, quantitative (CPT 83864) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-83864-acid-mucopolysaccharides-test-quantitative