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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Fetal hemoglobin test for bleeding between baby and mother

CPT 85460the billing code this page is about

A blood test using differential cell lysis to estimate how much fetal blood has entered the mother's circulation.

Hospitals typically charge $87 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,548 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $92. Most fall between $33 and $182 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,548
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 2,548 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$40$87$161$299

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($16 vs $299).

How the prices are spread

$9 – $14: 92 hospitals$9$14 – $20: 85 hospitals$20 – $30: 147 hospitals$20$30 – $44: 257 hospitals$44 – $65: 279 hospitals$44$65 – $96: 409 hospitals$96 – $142: 424 hospitals$96$142 – $209: 309 hospitals$209 – $309: 186 hospitals$209$309 – $456: 112 hospitals$309median $87price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,300 of 2,548 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$9$1492
$14$2085
$20$30147
$30$44257
$44$65279
$65$96409
$96$142424
$142$209309
$209$309186
$309$456112

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $87.

Alaska: median $253 across 15 hospitalsAK$253Maine: median $114 across 22 hospitalsME$114Vermont: median $112 across 12 hospitalsVT$112New Hampshire: median $141 across 17 hospitalsNH$141Washington: median $78 across 61 hospitalsWA$78Idaho: median $116 across 16 hospitalsID$116Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $69 across 16 hospitalsND$69Minnesota: median $131 across 72 hospitalsMN$131Illinois: median $122 across 95 hospitalsIL$122Wisconsin: median $98 across 89 hospitalsWI$98Michigan: median $51 across 80 hospitalsMI$51New York: median $33 across 92 hospitalsNY$33Massachusetts: median $55 across 42 hospitalsMA$55Oregon: median $98 across 36 hospitalsOR$98Nevada: median $44 across 15 hospitalsNV$44Wyoming: median $46 across 12 hospitalsWY$46South Dakota: median $193 across 16 hospitalsSD$193Iowa: median $49 across 50 hospitalsIA$49Indiana: median $78 across 80 hospitalsIN$78Ohio: median $72 across 116 hospitalsOH$72Pennsylvania: median $52 across 102 hospitalsPA$52New Jersey: median $9 across 52 hospitalsNJ$9Connecticut: median $42 across 19 hospitalsCT$42Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $132 across 141 hospitalsCA$132Utah: median $218 across 38 hospitalsUT$218Colorado: median $162 across 56 hospitalsCO$162Nebraska: median $167 across 50 hospitalsNE$167Missouri: median $115 across 63 hospitalsMO$115Kentucky: median $97 across 48 hospitalsKY$97West Virginia: median $43 across 22 hospitalsWV$43Virginia: median $130 across 65 hospitalsVA$130Maryland: median $61 across 37 hospitalsMD$61Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $139 across 32 hospitalsAZ$139New Mexico: median $96 across 21 hospitalsNM$96Kansas: median $76 across 45 hospitalsKS$76Arkansas: median $28 across 26 hospitalsAR$28Tennessee: median $46 across 68 hospitalsTN$46North Carolina: median $85 across 70 hospitalsNC$85South Carolina: median $116 across 48 hospitalsSC$116Oklahoma: median $108 across 53 hospitalsOK$108Louisiana: median $46 across 38 hospitalsLA$46Mississippi: median $63 across 45 hospitalsMS$63Alabama: median $84 across 38 hospitalsAL$84Georgia: median $67 across 80 hospitalsGA$67Hawaii: median $49 across 16 hospitalsHI$49Texas: median $124 across 185 hospitalsTX$124Florida: median $111 across 117 hospitalsFL$111
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $87. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Alaska AK15$253+192%$63 – $302
Utah UT38$218+152%$144 – $256
South Dakota SD16$193+122%$74 – $432
Nebraska NE50$167+93%$79 – $244
Colorado CO56$162+88%$46 – $512
New Hampshire NH17$141+63%$63 – $271
Arizona AZ32$139+61%$62 – $456
California CA141$132+53%$65 – $181
Minnesota MN72$131+51%$63 – $203
Virginia VA65$130+50%$45 – $271
Texas TX185$124+43%$47 – $397
Illinois IL95$122+41%$35 – $198
South Carolina SC48$116+34%$84 – $282
Idaho ID16$116+34%$60 – $308
Missouri MO63$115+33%$59 – $169
Maine ME22$114+32%$34 – $162
Vermont VT12$112+29%$70 – $152
Florida FL117$111+28%$42 – $426
Oklahoma OK53$108+25%$47 – $203
Wisconsin WI89$98+13%$66 – $148
Oregon OR36$98+13%$69 – $131
Kentucky KY48$97+12%$33 – $151
New Mexico NM21$96+10%$69 – $173
North Carolina NC70$85−2%$15 – $168
Alabama AL38$84−3%$14 – $348
Indiana IN80$78−10%$15 – $131
Washington WA61$78−10%$28 – $148
Kansas KS45$76−12%$41 – $138
Ohio OH116$72−17%$34 – $170
North Dakota ND16$69−20%$47 – $162
Georgia GA80$67−23%$41 – $116
Mississippi MS45$63−28%$33 – $105
Maryland MD37$61−30%$48 – $74
Massachusetts MA42$55−36%$22 – $86
Pennsylvania PA102$52−40%$9 – $156
Michigan MI80$51−41%$22 – $79
Hawaii HI16$49−44%$48 – $103
Iowa IA50$49−44%$34 – $129
Wyoming WY12$46−47%$38 – $121
Louisiana LA38$46−47%$9 – $113
Tennessee TN68$46−47%$23 – $135
Nevada NV15$44−49%$28 – $112
West Virginia WV22$43−50%$24 – $130
Connecticut CT19$42−52%$33 – $136
New York NY92$33−62%$12 – $123
Arkansas AR26$28−68%$26 – $94
New Jersey NJ52$9−90%$9 – $36
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not 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 $87.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,999$85$31 – $185
Children’s30$109$42 – $179
Critical access511$95$41 – $176
Ownership
For-profit345$124$48 – $452
Government377$83$32 – $176
Non-profit1,818$84$32 – $168
System affiliation
Part of a system2,159$87$33 – $183
Independent389$85$35 – $180

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$153
Median cash price$87
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

1,815 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $92 and the average of the middle 60% is $96; most fall between $36 and $181.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,815 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
$22$44$92$166$271

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($22 vs $271).

Of the 2,001 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,815 gave a usable cash price; 106 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 80 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,548 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (64%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,778 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,548
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here138
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded91
Hospitals that filed this code2,778

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 Kleihauer-Betke Fetal Hgb St.

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, “Fetal hemoglobin test for bleeding between baby and mother (CPT 85460) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-85460-fetal-hemoglobin-test-for-bleeding-between-baby-and-mother