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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Organic acids screen, presence only

CPT 83919the billing code this page is about

Checks a specimen for the presence of organic acids without measuring exact amounts; one unit is one specimen tested.

Hospitals typically charge $111 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,734 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $121. Most fall between $38 and $251 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,734
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 1,734 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$48$111$218$390

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($27 vs $390).

How the prices are spread

$19 – $27: 86 hospitals$19$27 – $38: 156 hospitals$38 – $53: 161 hospitals$38$53 – $75: 161 hospitals$75 – $107: 191 hospitals$75$107 – $150: 233 hospitals$150 – $213: 214 hospitals$150$213 – $300: 186 hospitals$300 – $424: 104 hospitals$300$424 – $600: 72 hospitals$424median $111price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,564 of 1,734 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$19$2786
$27$38156
$38$53161
$53$75161
$75$107191
$107$150233
$150$213214
$213$300186
$300$424104
$424$60072

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $111.

Alaska: median $147 across 12 hospitalsAK$147Maine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $258 across 11 hospitalsVT$258New Hampshire: median $62 across 12 hospitalsNH$62Washington: median $74 across 38 hospitalsWA$74Idaho: median $316 across 12 hospitalsID$316Montana: median $164 across 21 hospitalsMT$164North Dakota: median $104 across 18 hospitalsND$104Minnesota: median $91 across 59 hospitalsMN$91Illinois: median $118 across 82 hospitalsIL$118Wisconsin: median $148 across 50 hospitalsWI$148Michigan: median $38 across 47 hospitalsMI$38New York: median $60 across 65 hospitalsNY$60Massachusetts: median $157 across 31 hospitalsMA$157Oregon: median $341 across 15 hospitalsOR$341Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $138 across 14 hospitalsSD$138Iowa: median $79 across 49 hospitalsIA$79Indiana: median $52 across 52 hospitalsIN$52Ohio: median $99 across 79 hospitalsOH$99Pennsylvania: median $102 across 55 hospitalsPA$102New Jersey: median $18 across 47 hospitalsNJ$18Connecticut: 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 $127 across 70 hospitalsCA$127Utah: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $293 across 43 hospitalsCO$293Nebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $105 across 50 hospitalsMO$105Kentucky: median $160 across 44 hospitalsKY$160West Virginia: median $100 across 21 hospitalsWV$100Virginia: median $233 across 54 hospitalsVA$233Maryland: median $117 across 20 hospitalsMD$117Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $140 across 24 hospitalsAZ$140New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $120 across 38 hospitalsKS$120Arkansas: median $140 across 13 hospitalsAR$140Tennessee: median $36 across 30 hospitalsTN$36North Carolina: median $57 across 70 hospitalsNC$57South Carolina: median $246 across 42 hospitalsSC$246Oklahoma: median $96 across 44 hospitalsOK$96Louisiana: median $47 across 33 hospitalsLA$47Mississippi: median $103 across 25 hospitalsMS$103Alabama: median $82 across 21 hospitalsAL$82Georgia: median $124 across 54 hospitalsGA$124Hawaii: median $137 across 10 hospitalsHI$137Texas: median $182 across 138 hospitalsTX$182Florida: median $76 across 63 hospitalsFL$76
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $111. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Oregon OR15$341+208%$99 – $536
Idaho ID12$316+185%$50 – $608
Colorado CO43$293+165%$105 – $853
Vermont VT11$258+133%$161 – $355
South Carolina SC42$246+122%$56 – $351
Virginia VA54$233+110%$76 – $597
Texas TX138$182+64%$57 – $581
Montana MT21$164+48%$101 – $376
Kentucky KY44$160+45%$33 – $207
Massachusetts MA31$157+42%$58 – $372
Wisconsin WI50$148+33%$109 – $243
Alaska AK12$147+33%$115 – $294
Arizona AZ24$140+26%$47 – $227
Arkansas AR13$140+26%$53 – $163
South Dakota SD14$138+25%$58 – $390
Hawaii HI10$137+24%$100 – $228
California CA70$127+15%$54 – $200
Georgia GA54$124+12%$51 – $261
Kansas KS38$120+8%$76 – $367
Illinois IL82$118+7%$65 – $300
Maryland MD20$117+6%$87 – $130
Missouri MO50$105−5%$40 – $212
North Dakota ND18$104−6%$58 – $212
Mississippi MS25$103−7%$46 – $151
Pennsylvania PA55$102−8%$16 – $260
West Virginia WV21$100−10%$82 – $246
Ohio OH79$99−10%$50 – $135
Oklahoma OK44$96−13%$29 – $212
Minnesota MN59$91−18%$38 – $225
Alabama AL21$82−26%$26 – $248
Iowa IA49$79−29%$58 – $281
Florida FL63$76−32%$34 – $123
Washington WA38$74−34%$38 – $160
New Hampshire NH12$62−44%$40 – $211
New York NY65$60−46%$18 – $143
North Carolina NC70$57−49%$35 – $196
Indiana IN52$52−53%$27 – $192
Louisiana LA33$47−58%$29 – $160
Michigan MI47$38−66%$23 – $183
Tennessee TN30$36−67%$28 – $135
New Jersey NJ47$18−84%$16 – $19
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not 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 $111.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,307$105$35 – $246
Children’s41$157$53 – $315
Critical access379$129$59 – $269
Ownership
For-profit239$140$49 – $552
Government263$112$43 – $259
Non-profit1,225$107$38 – $234
System affiliation
Part of a system1,469$111$38 – $248
Independent265$104$42 – $260

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$189
Median cash price$111
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

1,197 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $112 and the average of the middle 60% is $124; most fall between $43 and $247.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,197 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$51$112$222$372

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($30 vs $372).

Of the 1,323 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,197 gave a usable cash price; 65 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 61 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,734 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (44%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,874 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,734
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here68
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded71
Hospitals that filed this code1,874

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 Organic Acid-Urine Random.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Organic acids screen, presence only (CPT 83919) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-83919-organic-acids-screen-presence-only