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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Blood test for alcohols and other volatile substances

CPT 84600the billing code this page is about

Measures volatile substances such as methanol, ethanol, or isopropanol in a sample. Covers one test, which may report more than one alcohol.

Hospitals typically charge $78 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,829 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $81. Most fall between $35 and $144 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,829
States
50
Filings dated
Nov 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 1,829 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
$23$41$78$126$216

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($23 vs $216).

How the prices are spread

$17 – $24: 107 hospitals$17$24 – $32: 124 hospitals$32 – $43: 164 hospitals$32$43 – $58: 209 hospitals$58 – $78: 227 hospitals$58$78 – $106: 268 hospitals$106 – $143: 273 hospitals$106$143 – $193: 134 hospitals$193 – $261: 93 hospitals$193$261 – $353: 50 hospitals$261median $78price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,649 of 1,829 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$17$24107
$24$32124
$32$43164
$43$58209
$58$78227
$78$106268
$106$143273
$143$193134
$193$26193
$261$35350

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $78.

Alaska: median $87 across 11 hospitalsAK$87Maine: median $73 across 19 hospitalsME$73Vermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $91 across 10 hospitalsNH$91Washington: median $67 across 35 hospitalsWA$67Idaho: median $110 across 10 hospitalsID$110Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $82 across 11 hospitalsND$82Minnesota: median $90 across 34 hospitalsMN$90Illinois: median $89 across 92 hospitalsIL$89Wisconsin: median $112 across 44 hospitalsWI$112Michigan: median $40 across 63 hospitalsMI$40New York: median $39 across 74 hospitalsNY$39Massachusetts: median $97 across 27 hospitalsMA$97Oregon: median $80 across 28 hospitalsOR$80Nevada: median $84 across 11 hospitalsNV$84Wyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $64 across 26 hospitalsIA$64Indiana: median $52 across 68 hospitalsIN$52Ohio: median $92 across 95 hospitalsOH$92Pennsylvania: median $100 across 99 hospitalsPA$100New Jersey: median $19 across 44 hospitalsNJ$19Connecticut: median $83 across 13 hospitalsCT$83Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $63 across 64 hospitalsCA$63Utah: median $110 across 31 hospitalsUT$110Colorado: median $102 across 41 hospitalsCO$102Nebraska: median $103 across 23 hospitalsNE$103Missouri: median $92 across 27 hospitalsMO$92Kentucky: median $99 across 42 hospitalsKY$99West Virginia: median $74 across 15 hospitalsWV$74Virginia: median $71 across 58 hospitalsVA$71Maryland: median $73 across 26 hospitalsMD$73Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $116 across 30 hospitalsAZ$116New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $85 across 37 hospitalsKS$85Arkansas: median $73 across 11 hospitalsAR$73Tennessee: median $56 across 51 hospitalsTN$56North Carolina: median $100 across 38 hospitalsNC$100South Carolina: median $51 across 41 hospitalsSC$51Oklahoma: median $62 across 43 hospitalsOK$62Louisiana: median $55 across 28 hospitalsLA$55Mississippi: median $38 across 27 hospitalsMS$38Alabama: median $64 across 28 hospitalsAL$64Georgia: median $73 across 72 hospitalsGA$73Hawaii: median $120 across 13 hospitalsHI$120Texas: median $107 across 142 hospitalsTX$107Florida: median $38 across 83 hospitalsFL$38
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $78. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Hawaii HI13$120+54%$38 – $172
Arizona AZ30$116+49%$29 – $164
Wisconsin WI44$112+45%$62 – $118
Idaho ID10$110+42%$90 – $132
Utah UT31$110+42%$110 – $129
Texas TX142$107+38%$58 – $189
Nebraska NE23$103+32%$35 – $160
Colorado CO41$102+31%$92 – $282
North Carolina NC38$100+29%$61 – $193
Pennsylvania PA99$100+29%$20 – $201
Kentucky KY42$99+27%$47 – $221
Massachusetts MA27$97+24%$33 – $170
Ohio OH95$92+19%$44 – $189
Missouri MO27$92+18%$57 – $116
New Hampshire NH10$91+17%$57 – $554
Minnesota MN34$90+16%$73 – $138
Illinois IL92$89+15%$41 – $158
Alaska AK11$87+11%$68 – $125
Kansas KS37$85+9%$40 – $145
Nevada NV11$84+8%$53 – $150
Connecticut CT13$83+7%$59 – $134
North Dakota ND11$82+6%$65 – $117
Oregon OR28$80+3%$23 – $102
West Virginia WV15$74−5%$51 – $89
Georgia GA72$73−5%$40 – $158
Maine ME19$73−5%$34 – $202
Maryland MD26$73−6%$50 – $94
Arkansas AR11$73−7%$48 – $119
Virginia VA58$71−9%$52 – $89
Washington WA35$67−14%$32 – $106
Iowa IA26$64−17%$64 – $109
Alabama AL28$64−18%$32 – $178
California CA64$63−19%$22 – $143
Oklahoma OK43$62−21%$35 – $133
Tennessee TN51$56−28%$28 – $93
Louisiana LA28$55−29%$29 – $69
Indiana IN68$52−33%$26 – $216
South Carolina SC41$51−34%$45 – $133
Michigan MI63$40−49%$18 – $56
New York NY74$39−50%$21 – $90
Mississippi MS27$38−51%$22 – $53
Florida FL83$38−52%$23 – $138
New Jersey NJ44$19−76%$17 – $202
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not 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 $78.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,460$73$33 – $141
Children’s29$125$41 – $224
Critical access333$90$45 – $156
Ownership
For-profit250$87$30 – $196
Government257$73$34 – $127
Non-profit1,315$78$35 – $141
System affiliation
Part of a system1,554$78$35 – $143
Independent275$75$33 – $145

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$137
Median cash price$78
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

1,328 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $83 and the average of the middle 60% is $85; most fall between $40 and $143.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,328 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
$27$45$83$129$210

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($27 vs $210).

Of the 1,468 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,328 gave a usable cash price; 74 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 66 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,829 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (46%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,002 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,829
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here103
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 — excluded69
Hospitals that filed this code2,002

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 Methanol.

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, “Blood test for alcohols and other volatile substances (CPT 84600) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-84600-blood-test-for-alcohols-and-other-volatile-substances