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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Prostaglandin blood test, each type measured

CPT 84150the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test measuring a prostaglandin, a hormone-like substance; the charge applies to each individual prostaglandin measured.

Hospitals typically charge $184 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,531 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $186. Most fall between $74 and $342 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,531
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 1,531 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
$47$83$184$306$478

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($47 vs $478).

How the prices are spread

$35 – $48: 82 hospitals$35$48 – $65: 101 hospitals$65 – $88: 152 hospitals$65$88 – $119: 151 hospitals$119 – $161: 157 hospitals$119$161 – $218: 162 hospitals$218 – $295: 213 hospitals$218$295 – $400: 225 hospitals$400 – $542: 88 hospitals$400$542 – $734: 50 hospitals$542median $184price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,381 of 1,531 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$35$4882
$48$65101
$65$88152
$88$119151
$119$161157
$161$218162
$218$295213
$295$400225
$400$54288
$542$73450

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $184.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $109 across 15 hospitalsME$109Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $184 across 16 hospitalsNH$184Washington: median $98 across 24 hospitalsWA$98Idaho: median $406 across 10 hospitalsID$406Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $76 across 14 hospitalsND$76Minnesota: median $232 across 46 hospitalsMN$232Illinois: median $255 across 71 hospitalsIL$255Wisconsin: median $301 across 81 hospitalsWI$301Michigan: median $147 across 56 hospitalsMI$147New York: median $73 across 56 hospitalsNY$73Massachusetts: median $220 across 47 hospitalsMA$220Oregon: median $195 across 18 hospitalsOR$195Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $109 across 36 hospitalsIA$109Indiana: median $86 across 35 hospitalsIN$86Ohio: median $133 across 96 hospitalsOH$133Pennsylvania: median $173 across 80 hospitalsPA$173New Jersey: median $46 across 41 hospitalsNJ$46Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $140 across 52 hospitalsCA$140Utah: median $406 across 32 hospitalsUT$406Colorado: median $125 across 36 hospitalsCO$125Nebraska: median $222 across 22 hospitalsNE$222Missouri: median $236 across 47 hospitalsMO$236Kentucky: median $278 across 34 hospitalsKY$278West Virginia: median $300 across 22 hospitalsWV$300Virginia: median $145 across 45 hospitalsVA$145Maryland: median $122 across 22 hospitalsMD$122Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $132 across 13 hospitalsAZ$132New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $237 across 30 hospitalsKS$237Arkansas: median $216 across 18 hospitalsAR$216Tennessee: median $149 across 33 hospitalsTN$149North Carolina: median $94 across 42 hospitalsNC$94South Carolina: median $297 across 34 hospitalsSC$297Oklahoma: median $253 across 39 hospitalsOK$253Louisiana: median $35 across 14 hospitalsLA$35Mississippi: median $65 across 20 hospitalsMS$65Alabama: median $120 across 15 hospitalsAL$120Georgia: median $216 across 46 hospitalsGA$216Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $184 across 76 hospitalsTX$184Florida: median $317 across 34 hospitalsFL$317
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $184. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$406+121%$111 – $570
Utah UT32$406+121%$335 – $478
Florida FL34$317+72%$176 – $550
Wisconsin WI81$301+64%$156 – $355
West Virginia WV22$300+63%$151 – $342
South Carolina SC34$297+61%$86 – $303
Kentucky KY34$278+51%$125 – $689
Illinois IL71$255+38%$146 – $361
Oklahoma OK39$253+38%$89 – $445
Kansas KS30$237+29%$98 – $542
Missouri MO47$236+28%$114 – $300
Minnesota MN46$232+26%$77 – $275
Nebraska NE22$222+21%$158 – $493
Massachusetts MA47$220+19%$105 – $476
Georgia GA46$216+17%$108 – $708
Arkansas AR18$216+17%$48 – $319
Oregon OR18$195+6%$68 – $390
New Hampshire NH16$1840%$51 – $675
Texas TX76$1840%$77 – $367
Pennsylvania PA80$173−6%$48 – $352
Tennessee TN33$149−19%$21 – $370
Michigan MI56$147−20%$33 – $208
Virginia VA45$145−21%$52 – $359
California CA52$140−24%$108 – $222
Ohio OH96$133−28%$87 – $298
Arizona AZ13$132−28%$48 – $226
Colorado CO36$125−32%$66 – $346
Maryland MD22$122−34%$82 – $280
Alabama AL15$120−35%$46 – $346
Iowa IA36$109−41%$109 – $213
Maine ME15$109−41%$102 – $163
Washington WA24$98−47%$39 – $342
North Carolina NC42$94−49%$94 – $253
Indiana IN35$86−53%$53 – $267
North Dakota ND14$76−59%$66 – $279
New York NY56$73−60%$42 – $127
Mississippi MS20$65−65%$29 – $264
New Jersey NJ41$46−75%$42 – $121
Louisiana LA14$35−81%$22 – $418
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not 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 $184.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,185$164$70 – $335
Children’s21$206$74 – $380
Critical access319$220$81 – $347
Ownership
For-profit152$211$77 – $728
Government198$179$73 – $344
Non-profit1,175$179$73 – $330
System affiliation
Part of a system1,313$184$74 – $335
Independent218$176$71 – $387

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$306
Median cash price$184
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. 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

1,077 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $184 and the average of the middle 60% is $184; most fall between $77 and $335.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,077 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
$53$93$184$304$434

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($53 vs $434).

Of the 1,172 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,077 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 47 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,531 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (39%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,649 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,531
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) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded49
Hospitals that filed this code1,649

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 2,3 11bpg F2a, Urine (23bpr).

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, “Prostaglandin blood test, each type measured (CPT 84150) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-84150-prostaglandin-blood-test-each-type-measured