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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Plasminogen activator blood test

CPT 85415the billing code this page is about

Measures plasminogen activator, a substance involved in starting the breakdown of blood clots.

Hospitals typically charge $99 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,767 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $108. Most fall between $42 and $213 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,767
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 1,767 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
$25$51$99$189$332

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($25 vs $332).

How the prices are spread

$19 – $26: 107 hospitals$19$26 – $36: 114 hospitals$36 – $50: 138 hospitals$36$50 – $70: 221 hospitals$70 – $97: 213 hospitals$70$97 – $135: 231 hospitals$135 – $187: 207 hospitals$135$187 – $259: 177 hospitals$259 – $360: 138 hospitals$259$360 – $499: 52 hospitals$360median $99price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,598 of 1,767 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$19$26107
$26$36114
$36$50138
$50$70221
$70$97213
$97$135231
$135$187207
$187$259177
$259$360138
$360$49952

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $99.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $71 across 35 hospitalsWA$71Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $181 across 10 hospitalsMT$181North Dakota: median $66 across 17 hospitalsND$66Minnesota: median $142 across 42 hospitalsMN$142Illinois: median $167 across 94 hospitalsIL$167Wisconsin: median $105 across 33 hospitalsWI$105Michigan: median $52 across 54 hospitalsMI$52New York: median $42 across 84 hospitalsNY$42Massachusetts: median $159 across 33 hospitalsMA$159Oregon: median $70 across 18 hospitalsOR$70Nevada: median $84 across 11 hospitalsNV$84Wyoming: 3 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 $113 across 30 hospitalsIA$113Indiana: median $61 across 62 hospitalsIN$61Ohio: median $114 across 107 hospitalsOH$114Pennsylvania: median $101 across 79 hospitalsPA$101New Jersey: median $19 across 39 hospitalsNJ$19Connecticut: median $85 across 14 hospitalsCT$85Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $54 across 77 hospitalsCA$54Utah: median $81 across 33 hospitalsUT$81Colorado: median $99 across 38 hospitalsCO$99Nebraska: median $133 across 16 hospitalsNE$133Missouri: median $129 across 49 hospitalsMO$129Kentucky: median $115 across 43 hospitalsKY$115West Virginia: median $59 across 19 hospitalsWV$59Virginia: median $46 across 45 hospitalsVA$46Maryland: median $136 across 35 hospitalsMD$136Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $94 across 19 hospitalsAZ$94New Mexico: median $92 across 10 hospitalsNM$92Kansas: median $155 across 24 hospitalsKS$155Arkansas: median $73 across 17 hospitalsAR$73Tennessee: median $64 across 52 hospitalsTN$64North Carolina: median $132 across 60 hospitalsNC$132South Carolina: median $223 across 31 hospitalsSC$223Oklahoma: median $96 across 44 hospitalsOK$96Louisiana: median $40 across 19 hospitalsLA$40Mississippi: median $42 across 27 hospitalsMS$42Alabama: median $32 across 13 hospitalsAL$32Georgia: median $167 across 57 hospitalsGA$167Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $133 across 146 hospitalsTX$133Florida: median $115 across 78 hospitalsFL$115
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $99. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC31$223+127%$70 – $295
Montana MT10$181+84%$21 – $212
Illinois IL94$167+70%$73 – $347
Georgia GA57$167+70%$62 – $332
Massachusetts MA33$159+61%$42 – $214
Kansas KS24$155+57%$69 – $421
Minnesota MN42$142+44%$135 – $246
Maryland MD35$136+38%$89 – $160
Texas TX146$133+35%$56 – $295
Nebraska NE16$133+35%$79 – $229
North Carolina NC60$132+34%$59 – $214
Missouri MO49$129+31%$71 – $204
Florida FL78$115+17%$24 – $210
Kentucky KY43$115+16%$52 – $343
Ohio OH107$114+16%$68 – $308
Iowa IA30$113+15%$33 – $133
Wisconsin WI33$105+7%$73 – $194
Pennsylvania PA79$101+3%$20 – $224
Colorado CO38$990%$76 – $274
Oklahoma OK44$96−2%$51 – $140
Arizona AZ19$94−4%$20 – $203
New Mexico NM10$92−7%$55 – $149
Connecticut CT14$85−14%$64 – $143
Nevada NV11$84−15%$23 – $88
Utah UT33$81−18%$81 – $95
Arkansas AR17$73−25%$56 – $182
Washington WA35$71−28%$27 – $106
Oregon OR18$70−29%$58 – $154
North Dakota ND17$66−33%$30 – $162
Tennessee TN52$64−35%$29 – $119
Indiana IN62$61−38%$31 – $188
West Virginia WV19$59−41%$46 – $129
California CA77$54−45%$42 – $154
Michigan MI54$52−48%$22 – $189
Virginia VA45$46−54%$29 – $161
New York NY84$42−57%$23 – $130
Mississippi MS27$42−58%$15 – $88
Louisiana LA19$40−59%$22 – $149
Alabama AL13$32−68%$20 – $108
New Jersey NJ39$19−81%$17 – $20
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $99.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,412$95$40 – $210
Children’s38$112$54 – $246
Critical access310$125$52 – $228
Ownership
For-profit215$109$31 – $318
Government232$108$49 – $213
Non-profit1,313$95$42 – $210
System affiliation
Part of a system1,533$97$42 – $212
Independent234$110$38 – $224

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$177
Median cash price$99
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

1,283 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $108 and the average of the middle 60% is $113; most fall between $47 and $210.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,283 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
$31$54$108$189$324

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($31 vs $324).

Of the 1,409 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,283 gave a usable cash price; 66 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 60 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,767 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (45%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,930 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,767
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here87
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 — excluded74
Hospitals that filed this code1,930

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 Tissue Plasminogen Activator.

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, “Plasminogen activator blood test (CPT 85415) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-85415-plasminogen-activator-blood-test