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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Vitamin E level in blood

CPT 84446the billing code this page is about

A blood test that measures the amount of vitamin E (tocopherol).

Hospitals typically charge $64 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,134 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $67. Most fall between $26 and $127 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,134
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 3,134 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$30$64$114$196

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($16 vs $196).

How the prices are spread

$13 – $17: 177 hospitals$13$17 – $23: 173 hospitals$23 – $31: 316 hospitals$23$31 – $43: 306 hospitals$43 – $58: 316 hospitals$43$58 – $79: 392 hospitals$79 – $107: 440 hospitals$79$107 – $145: 350 hospitals$145 – $197: 199 hospitals$145$197 – $268: 158 hospitals$197median $64price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,827 of 3,134 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$13$17177
$17$23173
$23$31316
$31$43306
$43$58316
$58$79392
$79$107440
$107$145350
$145$197199
$197$268158

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $64.

Alaska: median $148 across 17 hospitalsAK$148Maine: median $53 across 28 hospitalsME$53Vermont: median $150 across 14 hospitalsVT$150New Hampshire: median $83 across 25 hospitalsNH$83Washington: median $80 across 72 hospitalsWA$80Idaho: median $63 across 23 hospitalsID$63Montana: median $120 across 26 hospitalsMT$120North Dakota: median $92 across 32 hospitalsND$92Minnesota: median $61 across 96 hospitalsMN$61Illinois: median $89 across 140 hospitalsIL$89Wisconsin: median $87 across 102 hospitalsWI$87Michigan: median $36 across 82 hospitalsMI$36New York: median $41 across 102 hospitalsNY$41Massachusetts: median $90 across 53 hospitalsMA$90Oregon: median $52 across 48 hospitalsOR$52Nevada: median $84 across 19 hospitalsNV$84Wyoming: median $60 across 16 hospitalsWY$60South Dakota: median $110 across 30 hospitalsSD$110Iowa: median $72 across 85 hospitalsIA$72Indiana: median $83 across 98 hospitalsIN$83Ohio: median $53 across 136 hospitalsOH$53Pennsylvania: median $64 across 120 hospitalsPA$64New Jersey: median $16 across 57 hospitalsNJ$16Connecticut: median $56 across 20 hospitalsCT$56Rhode Island: median $51 across 10 hospitalsRI$51California: median $19 across 115 hospitalsCA$19Utah: median $71 across 40 hospitalsUT$71Colorado: median $70 across 61 hospitalsCO$70Nebraska: median $131 across 74 hospitalsNE$131Missouri: median $78 across 73 hospitalsMO$78Kentucky: median $70 across 67 hospitalsKY$70West Virginia: median $38 across 41 hospitalsWV$38Virginia: median $79 across 64 hospitalsVA$79Maryland: median $82 across 42 hospitalsMD$82Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $90 across 39 hospitalsAZ$90New Mexico: median $71 across 24 hospitalsNM$71Kansas: median $91 across 81 hospitalsKS$91Arkansas: median $21 across 35 hospitalsAR$21Tennessee: median $36 across 81 hospitalsTN$36North Carolina: median $37 across 85 hospitalsNC$37South Carolina: median $116 across 52 hospitalsSC$116Oklahoma: median $54 across 71 hospitalsOK$54Louisiana: median $45 across 49 hospitalsLA$45Mississippi: median $43 across 55 hospitalsMS$43Alabama: median $63 across 41 hospitalsAL$63Georgia: median $47 across 105 hospitalsGA$47Hawaii: median $105 across 15 hospitalsHI$105Texas: median $83 across 230 hospitalsTX$83Florida: median $20 across 136 hospitalsFL$20
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $64. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Vermont VT14$150+133%$75 – $222
Alaska AK17$148+130%$73 – $249
Nebraska NE74$131+104%$61 – $207
Montana MT26$120+86%$61 – $154
South Carolina SC52$116+81%$73 – $176
South Dakota SD30$110+71%$49 – $147
Hawaii HI15$105+63%$35 – $137
North Dakota ND32$92+44%$27 – $142
Kansas KS81$91+41%$58 – $146
Arizona AZ39$90+40%$29 – $206
Massachusetts MA53$90+40%$38 – $141
Illinois IL140$89+39%$45 – $169
Wisconsin WI102$87+36%$58 – $122
Nevada NV19$84+31%$32 – $121
Indiana IN98$83+30%$27 – $154
Texas TX230$83+30%$25 – $209
New Hampshire NH25$83+29%$26 – $158
Maryland MD42$82+27%$60 – $98
Washington WA72$80+24%$56 – $123
Virginia VA64$79+23%$25 – $161
Missouri MO73$78+21%$46 – $123
Iowa IA85$72+12%$54 – $128
Utah UT40$71+11%$61 – $97
New Mexico NM24$71+11%$44 – $140
Colorado CO61$70+9%$44 – $128
Kentucky KY67$70+8%$36 – $195
Pennsylvania PA120$640%$22 – $167
Idaho ID23$63−2%$16 – $107
Alabama AL41$63−2%$28 – $157
Minnesota MN96$61−4%$24 – $107
Wyoming WY16$60−7%$40 – $105
Connecticut CT20$56−14%$36 – $104
Oklahoma OK71$54−16%$30 – $89
Maine ME28$53−17%$30 – $213
Ohio OH136$53−18%$31 – $88
Oregon OR48$52−19%$26 – $80
Rhode Island RI10$51−21%$33 – $113
Georgia GA105$47−26%$29 – $114
Louisiana LA49$45−30%$26 – $74
Mississippi MS55$43−33%$22 – $83
New York NY102$41−37%$17 – $123
West Virginia WV41$38−41%$14 – $78
North Carolina NC85$37−42%$27 – $89
Michigan MI82$36−43%$17 – $55
Tennessee TN81$36−44%$23 – $88
Arkansas AR35$21−67%$17 – $47
Florida FL136$20−69%$10 – $49
California CA115$19−70%$9 – $42
New Jersey NJ57$16−75%$16 – $48
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 $64.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,169$55$22 – $118
Children’s64$64$28 – $131
Critical access891$82$41 – $146
Ownership
For-profit430$70$21 – $213
Government574$68$30 – $127
Non-profit2,120$63$25 – $122
System affiliation
Part of a system2,550$64$25 – $128
Independent584$67$32 – $123

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$103
Median cash price$64
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

2,109 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $64 and the average of the middle 60% is $67; most fall between $27 and $122.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,109 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
$19$32$64$112$174

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($19 vs $174).

Of the 2,326 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,109 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 105 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,134 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (79%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,406 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,134
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here148
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded122
Hospitals that filed this code3,406

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 Vitamin E(Alpha Tocopherol).

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, “Vitamin E level in blood (CPT 84446) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-84446-vitamin-e-level-in-blood