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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Pyruvate blood test

CPT 84210the billing code this page is about

Measures the level of pyruvate, a product of sugar breakdown, in a blood sample.

Hospitals typically charge $61 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,085 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $62. Most fall between $24 and $112 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,085
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 2,085 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
$16$28$61$100$172

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($16 vs $172).

How the prices are spread

$12 – $16: 120 hospitals$12$16 – $22: 159 hospitals$22 – $30: 171 hospitals$22$30 – $40: 170 hospitals$40 – $54: 215 hospitals$40$54 – $73: 334 hospitals$73 – $99: 285 hospitals$73$99 – $133: 200 hospitals$133 – $180: 153 hospitals$133$180 – $244: 75 hospitals$180median $61price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,882 of 2,085 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$12$16120
$16$22159
$22$30171
$30$40170
$40$54215
$54$73334
$73$99285
$99$133200
$133$180153
$180$24475

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $61.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $34 across 12 hospitalsME$34Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $38 across 15 hospitalsNH$38Washington: median $63 across 43 hospitalsWA$63Idaho: median $48 across 17 hospitalsID$48Montana: median $53 across 11 hospitalsMT$53North Dakota: median $58 across 19 hospitalsND$58Minnesota: median $65 across 46 hospitalsMN$65Illinois: median $76 across 98 hospitalsIL$76Wisconsin: median $80 across 88 hospitalsWI$80Michigan: median $42 across 65 hospitalsMI$42New York: median $37 across 87 hospitalsNY$37Massachusetts: median $65 across 41 hospitalsMA$65Oregon: median $58 across 22 hospitalsOR$58Nevada: median $71 across 11 hospitalsNV$71Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $64 across 34 hospitalsIA$64Indiana: median $52 across 74 hospitalsIN$52Ohio: median $55 across 109 hospitalsOH$55Pennsylvania: median $65 across 102 hospitalsPA$65New Jersey: median $17 across 50 hospitalsNJ$17Connecticut: median $58 across 14 hospitalsCT$58Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $38 across 92 hospitalsCA$38Utah: median $105 across 30 hospitalsUT$105Colorado: median $98 across 46 hospitalsCO$98Nebraska: median $92 across 23 hospitalsNE$92Missouri: median $78 across 53 hospitalsMO$78Kentucky: median $73 across 37 hospitalsKY$73West Virginia: median $32 across 24 hospitalsWV$32Virginia: median $48 across 53 hospitalsVA$48Maryland: median $79 across 36 hospitalsMD$79Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $62 across 25 hospitalsAZ$62New Mexico: median $69 across 11 hospitalsNM$69Kansas: median $86 across 28 hospitalsKS$86Arkansas: median $50 across 20 hospitalsAR$50Tennessee: median $33 across 42 hospitalsTN$33North Carolina: median $32 across 65 hospitalsNC$32South Carolina: median $109 across 40 hospitalsSC$109Oklahoma: median $77 across 47 hospitalsOK$77Louisiana: median $36 across 34 hospitalsLA$36Mississippi: median $40 across 28 hospitalsMS$40Alabama: median $49 across 19 hospitalsAL$49Georgia: median $89 across 70 hospitalsGA$89Hawaii: median $74 across 11 hospitalsHI$74Texas: median $94 across 147 hospitalsTX$94Florida: median $17 across 105 hospitalsFL$17
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $61. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC40$109+80%$63 – $225
Utah UT30$105+72%$89 – $105
Colorado CO46$98+61%$62 – $174
Texas TX147$94+55%$54 – $215
Nebraska NE23$92+51%$38 – $217
Georgia GA70$89+46%$25 – $136
Kansas KS28$86+41%$40 – $177
Wisconsin WI88$80+32%$45 – $90
Maryland MD36$79+31%$54 – $96
Missouri MO53$78+29%$39 – $135
Oklahoma OK47$77+26%$48 – $107
Illinois IL98$76+24%$48 – $147
Hawaii HI11$74+21%$47 – $131
Kentucky KY37$73+20%$22 – $127
Nevada NV11$71+16%$15 – $103
New Mexico NM11$69+13%$47 – $91
Minnesota MN46$65+7%$27 – $83
Massachusetts MA41$65+7%$32 – $110
Pennsylvania PA102$65+7%$17 – $162
Iowa IA34$64+6%$48 – $90
Washington WA43$63+4%$38 – $92
Arizona AZ25$62+2%$17 – $78
Oregon OR22$58−4%$49 – $71
Connecticut CT14$58−4%$29 – $89
North Dakota ND19$58−5%$25 – $167
Ohio OH109$55−10%$34 – $107
Montana MT11$53−12%$49 – $122
Indiana IN74$52−15%$21 – $125
Arkansas AR20$50−18%$28 – $60
Alabama AL19$49−20%$17 – $139
Idaho ID17$48−21%$36 – $89
Virginia VA53$48−21%$19 – $89
Michigan MI65$42−30%$14 – $75
Mississippi MS28$40−34%$22 – $50
California CA92$38−37%$14 – $63
New Hampshire NH15$38−38%$25 – $156
New York NY87$37−39%$15 – $92
Louisiana LA34$36−40%$18 – $75
Maine ME12$34−43%$25 – $114
Tennessee TN42$33−45%$19 – $106
North Carolina NC65$32−47%$15 – $86
West Virginia WV24$32−48%$11 – $72
Florida FL105$17−72%$9 – $67
New Jersey NJ50$17−73%$14 – $37
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not 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 $61.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,629$60$21 – $113
Children’s64$74$30 – $110
Critical access383$64$33 – $113
Ownership
For-profit292$73$21 – $215
Government256$54$26 – $108
Non-profit1,528$60$24 – $106
System affiliation
Part of a system1,793$62$23 – $115
Independent292$55$26 – $105

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$97
Median cash price$61
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

1,469 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $64 and the average of the middle 60% is $64; most fall between $27 and $109.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,469 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
$17$31$64$100$162

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($17 vs $162).

Of the 1,634 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,469 gave a usable cash price; 93 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 72 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,085 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (53%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,285 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,085
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here115
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 — excluded84
Hospitals that filed this code2,285

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 Pyruvate(Pyruvic Acid).

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, “Pyruvate blood test (CPT 84210) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-84210-pyruvate-blood-test