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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Procalcitonin blood test

CPT 84145the billing code this page is about

A blood test that measures procalcitonin, a substance that rises in the blood during certain infections.

Hospitals typically charge $144 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,231 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $153. Most fall between $69 and $274 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,231
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – 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 3,231 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
$46$82$144$239$393

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($46 vs $393).

How the prices are spread

$31 – $42: 123 hospitals$31$42 – $56: 175 hospitals$56 – $74: 255 hospitals$56$74 – $99: 319 hospitals$99 – $132: 405 hospitals$99$132 – $175: 504 hospitals$175 – $234: 452 hospitals$175$234 – $312: 315 hospitals$312 – $415: 245 hospitals$312$415 – $554: 120 hospitals$415median $144price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,913 of 3,231 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$31$42123
$42$56175
$56$74255
$74$99319
$99$132405
$132$175504
$175$234452
$234$312315
$312$415245
$415$554120

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $144.

Alaska: median $133 across 17 hospitalsAK$133Maine: median $86 across 24 hospitalsME$86Vermont: median $123 across 12 hospitalsVT$123New Hampshire: median $102 across 22 hospitalsNH$102Washington: median $193 across 74 hospitalsWA$193Idaho: median $130 across 22 hospitalsID$130Montana: median $129 across 28 hospitalsMT$129North Dakota: median $142 across 31 hospitalsND$142Minnesota: median $135 across 106 hospitalsMN$135Illinois: median $185 across 137 hospitalsIL$185Wisconsin: median $162 across 107 hospitalsWI$162Michigan: median $67 across 96 hospitalsMI$67New York: median $90 across 112 hospitalsNY$90Massachusetts: median $120 across 51 hospitalsMA$120Oregon: median $130 across 47 hospitalsOR$130Nevada: median $124 across 19 hospitalsNV$124Wyoming: median $139 across 16 hospitalsWY$139South Dakota: median $205 across 38 hospitalsSD$205Iowa: median $160 across 89 hospitalsIA$160Indiana: median $105 across 92 hospitalsIN$105Ohio: median $145 across 136 hospitalsOH$145Pennsylvania: median $134 across 119 hospitalsPA$134New Jersey: median $31 across 57 hospitalsNJ$31Connecticut: median $147 across 23 hospitalsCT$147Rhode Island: median $107 across 10 hospitalsRI$107California: median $158 across 159 hospitalsCA$158Utah: median $137 across 41 hospitalsUT$137Colorado: median $157 across 68 hospitalsCO$157Nebraska: median $220 across 84 hospitalsNE$220Missouri: median $127 across 70 hospitalsMO$127Kentucky: median $199 across 65 hospitalsKY$199West Virginia: median $123 across 43 hospitalsWV$123Virginia: median $127 across 70 hospitalsVA$127Maryland: median $408 across 40 hospitalsMD$408Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $185 across 38 hospitalsAZ$185New Mexico: median $112 across 27 hospitalsNM$112Kansas: median $160 across 82 hospitalsKS$160Arkansas: median $81 across 39 hospitalsAR$81Tennessee: median $90 across 73 hospitalsTN$90North Carolina: median $239 across 83 hospitalsNC$239South Carolina: median $232 across 50 hospitalsSC$232Oklahoma: median $118 across 68 hospitalsOK$118Louisiana: median $84 across 50 hospitalsLA$84Mississippi: median $79 across 48 hospitalsMS$79Alabama: median $138 across 36 hospitalsAL$138Georgia: median $135 across 103 hospitalsGA$135Hawaii: median $165 across 20 hospitalsHI$165Texas: median $176 across 233 hospitalsTX$176Florida: median $173 across 149 hospitalsFL$173
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $144. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Maryland MD40$408+183%$300 – $480
North Carolina NC83$239+66%$98 – $374
South Carolina SC50$232+61%$127 – $258
Nebraska NE84$220+53%$110 – $298
South Dakota SD38$205+42%$163 – $326
Kentucky KY65$199+38%$84 – $341
Washington WA74$193+34%$92 – $286
Arizona AZ38$185+29%$73 – $326
Illinois IL137$185+28%$104 – $341
Texas TX233$176+22%$110 – $375
Florida FL149$173+20%$57 – $322
Hawaii HI20$165+15%$137 – $243
Wisconsin WI107$162+12%$116 – $191
Iowa IA89$160+11%$71 – $224
Kansas KS82$160+11%$112 – $338
California CA159$158+9%$82 – $300
Colorado CO68$157+9%$115 – $286
Connecticut CT23$147+2%$99 – $223
Ohio OH136$145+1%$71 – $273
North Dakota ND31$142−2%$51 – $204
Wyoming WY16$139−4%$91 – $263
Alabama AL36$138−5%$69 – $374
Utah UT41$137−5%$117 – $201
Georgia GA103$135−6%$94 – $273
Minnesota MN106$135−6%$79 – $207
Pennsylvania PA119$134−7%$31 – $281
Alaska AK17$133−7%$89 – $303
Idaho ID22$130−9%$120 – $220
Oregon OR47$130−9%$76 – $200
Montana MT28$129−10%$86 – $212
Virginia VA70$127−12%$67 – $463
Missouri MO70$127−12%$85 – $179
Nevada NV19$124−14%$50 – $413
Vermont VT12$123−14%$104 – $255
West Virginia WV43$123−15%$70 – $270
Massachusetts MA51$120−17%$66 – $243
Oklahoma OK68$118−18%$58 – $202
New Mexico NM27$112−22%$62 – $229
Rhode Island RI10$107−26%$62 – $169
Indiana IN92$105−27%$54 – $295
New Hampshire NH22$102−29%$87 – $352
New York NY112$90−37%$33 – $211
Tennessee TN73$90−37%$49 – $184
Maine ME24$86−41%$35 – $175
Louisiana LA50$84−42%$32 – $170
Arkansas AR39$81−44%$59 – $139
Mississippi MS48$79−45%$62 – $189
Michigan MI96$67−53%$38 – $123
New Jersey NJ57$31−78%$30 – $91
Delaware DE7not 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 $144.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,222$136$62 – $273
Children’s63$157$96 – $271
Critical access936$170$91 – $281
Ownership
For-profit411$171$79 – $469
Government613$158$82 – $283
Non-profit2,197$138$66 – $246
System affiliation
Part of a system2,627$146$68 – $282
Independent604$141$74 – $255

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$249
Median cash price$144
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

2,185 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $147 and the average of the middle 60% is $152; most fall between $73 and $266.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,185 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
$50$83$147$232$372

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($50 vs $372).

Of the 2,409 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,185 gave a usable cash price; 112 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 112 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,231 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (82%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,516 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,231
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here152
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded130
Hospitals that filed this code3,516

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 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 Prolcalcitonin (Proca).

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, “Procalcitonin blood test (CPT 84145) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-84145-procalcitonin-blood-test