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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Porphyrins stool test, measured amount

CPT 84126the billing code this page is about

Measures the amount of porphyrins in a stool sample.

Hospitals typically charge $140 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,115 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $152. Most fall between $67 and $277 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,115
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 1,115 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
$45$86$140$243$390

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($45 vs $390).

How the prices are spread

$39 – $51: 100 hospitals$39$51 – $67: 72 hospitals$67 – $89: 74 hospitals$67$89 – $117: 173 hospitals$117 – $153: 115 hospitals$117$153 – $202: 157 hospitals$202 – $265: 139 hospitals$202$265 – $349: 97 hospitals$349 – $459: 44 hospitals$349$459 – $604: 36 hospitals$459median $140price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,007 of 1,115 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$39$51100
$51$6772
$67$8974
$89$117173
$117$153115
$153$202157
$202$265139
$265$34997
$349$45944
$459$60436

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $140.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $72 across 24 hospitalsWA$72Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $125 across 58 hospitalsMN$125Illinois: median $115 across 50 hospitalsIL$115Wisconsin: median $104 across 45 hospitalsWI$104Michigan: median $105 across 35 hospitalsMI$105New York: median $59 across 48 hospitalsNY$59Massachusetts: median $127 across 24 hospitalsMA$127Oregon: median $168 across 14 hospitalsOR$168Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $86 across 23 hospitalsIA$86Indiana: median $81 across 32 hospitalsIN$81Ohio: median $176 across 64 hospitalsOH$176Pennsylvania: median $156 across 56 hospitalsPA$156New Jersey: median $43 across 30 hospitalsNJ$43Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $258 across 38 hospitalsCA$258Utah: median $243 across 29 hospitalsUT$243Colorado: median $209 across 35 hospitalsCO$209Nebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $149 across 38 hospitalsMO$149Kentucky: median $289 across 28 hospitalsKY$289West Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $149 across 21 hospitalsVA$149Maryland: median $88 across 10 hospitalsMD$88Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $81 across 13 hospitalsAZ$81New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $180 across 20 hospitalsKS$180Arkansas: median $196 across 15 hospitalsAR$196Tennessee: median $45 across 23 hospitalsTN$45North Carolina: median $163 across 28 hospitalsNC$163South Carolina: median $78 across 10 hospitalsSC$78Oklahoma: median $136 across 23 hospitalsOK$136Louisiana: median $87 across 11 hospitalsLA$87Mississippi: median $50 across 13 hospitalsMS$50Alabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $104 across 38 hospitalsGA$104Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $184 across 92 hospitalsTX$184Florida: median $137 across 42 hospitalsFL$137
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $140. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY28$289+106%$101 – $399
California CA38$258+83%$105 – $258
Utah UT29$243+73%$200 – $285
Colorado CO35$209+49%$136 – $291
Arkansas AR15$196+39%$58 – $215
Texas TX92$184+31%$127 – $406
Kansas KS20$180+28%$120 – $1,541
Ohio OH64$176+25%$129 – $270
Oregon OR14$168+20%$120 – $208
North Carolina NC28$163+16%$112 – $503
Pennsylvania PA56$156+11%$39 – $388
Missouri MO38$149+6%$76 – $293
Virginia VA21$149+6%$66 – $308
Florida FL42$137−3%$16 – $449
Oklahoma OK23$136−3%$69 – $186
Massachusetts MA24$127−10%$70 – $237
Minnesota MN58$125−11%$99 – $194
Illinois IL50$115−18%$95 – $236
Michigan MI35$105−25%$62 – $114
Georgia GA38$104−26%$104 – $133
Wisconsin WI45$104−26%$95 – $211
Maryland MD10$88−37%$35 – $94
Louisiana LA11$87−38%$49 – $152
Iowa IA23$86−38%$79 – $106
Arizona AZ13$81−42%$42 – $206
Indiana IN32$81−42%$57 – $236
South Carolina SC10$78−44%$67 – $284
Washington WA24$72−48%$38 – $146
New York NY48$59−58%$39 – $158
Mississippi MS13$50−64%$25 – $118
Tennessee TN23$45−68%$35 – $216
New Jersey NJ30$43−69%$39 – $170
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $140.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care896$137$59 – $281
Children’s18fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access194$165$89 – $277
Ownership
For-profit143$184$95 – $758
Government128$127$58 – $259
Non-profit837$140$64 – $258
System affiliation
Part of a system978$136$66 – $275
Independent137$167$70 – $293

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$258
Median cash price$140
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

758 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $149 and the average of the middle 60% is $160; most fall between $89 and $258.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 758 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
$58$95$149$243$325

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($58 vs $325).

Of the 848 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 758 gave a usable cash price; 45 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 45 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,115 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 1,216 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,115
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded43
Hospitals that filed this code1,216

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 Fecal Porphyrins.

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, “Porphyrins stool test, measured amount (CPT 84126) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-84126-porphyrins-stool-test-measured-amount