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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Lysozyme (muramidase) blood level

CPT 85549the billing code this page is about

A laboratory measurement of the enzyme lysozyme, also called muramidase, in a blood sample.

Hospitals typically charge $64 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,522 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $68. Most fall between $31 and $130 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,522
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 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 2,522 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
$20$34$64$111$195

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($20 vs $195).

How the prices are spread

$16 – $21: 167 hospitals$16$21 – $28: 174 hospitals$28 – $37: 254 hospitals$28$37 – $49: 244 hospitals$49 – $65: 305 hospitals$49$65 – $85: 302 hospitals$85 – $112: 328 hospitals$85$112 – $148: 186 hospitals$148 – $196: 186 hospitals$148$196 – $258: 124 hospitals$196median $64price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,270 of 2,522 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$16$21167
$21$28174
$28$37254
$37$49244
$49$65305
$65$85302
$85$112328
$112$148186
$148$196186
$196$258124

By state

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

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $34 across 17 hospitalsME$34Vermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $70 across 17 hospitalsNH$70Washington: median $61 across 52 hospitalsWA$61Idaho: median $58 across 19 hospitalsID$58Montana: median $93 across 13 hospitalsMT$93North Dakota: median $56 across 21 hospitalsND$56Minnesota: median $68 across 73 hospitalsMN$68Illinois: median $88 across 119 hospitalsIL$88Wisconsin: median $93 across 82 hospitalsWI$93Michigan: median $22 across 72 hospitalsMI$22New York: median $50 across 95 hospitalsNY$50Massachusetts: median $91 across 50 hospitalsMA$91Oregon: median $68 across 39 hospitalsOR$68Nevada: median $119 across 17 hospitalsNV$119Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $55 across 48 hospitalsIA$55Indiana: median $65 across 94 hospitalsIN$65Ohio: median $53 across 129 hospitalsOH$53Pennsylvania: median $86 across 115 hospitalsPA$86New Jersey: median $22 across 46 hospitalsNJ$22Connecticut: median $80 across 12 hospitalsCT$80Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $34 across 83 hospitalsCA$34Utah: median $70 across 37 hospitalsUT$70Colorado: median $70 across 46 hospitalsCO$70Nebraska: median $87 across 49 hospitalsNE$87Missouri: median $63 across 50 hospitalsMO$63Kentucky: median $72 across 59 hospitalsKY$72West Virginia: median $59 across 31 hospitalsWV$59Virginia: median $74 across 68 hospitalsVA$74Maryland: median $81 across 28 hospitalsMD$81Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $71 across 34 hospitalsAZ$71New Mexico: median $96 across 14 hospitalsNM$96Kansas: median $74 across 50 hospitalsKS$74Arkansas: median $62 across 29 hospitalsAR$62Tennessee: median $49 across 60 hospitalsTN$49North Carolina: median $56 across 79 hospitalsNC$56South Carolina: median $94 across 51 hospitalsSC$94Oklahoma: median $64 across 48 hospitalsOK$64Louisiana: median $42 across 45 hospitalsLA$42Mississippi: median $35 across 42 hospitalsMS$35Alabama: median $34 across 24 hospitalsAL$34Georgia: median $68 across 87 hospitalsGA$68Hawaii: median $48 across 12 hospitalsHI$48Texas: median $82 across 198 hospitalsTX$82Florida: median $31 across 122 hospitalsFL$31
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
Nevada NV17$119+85%$44 – $140
New Mexico NM14$96+50%$60 – $167
South Carolina SC51$94+45%$59 – $218
Montana MT13$93+44%$59 – $158
Wisconsin WI82$93+44%$74 – $161
Massachusetts MA50$91+41%$54 – $175
Illinois IL119$88+37%$47 – $157
Nebraska NE49$87+35%$55 – $133
Pennsylvania PA115$86+33%$28 – $220
Texas TX198$82+27%$37 – $173
Maryland MD28$81+26%$55 – $106
Connecticut CT12$80+24%$68 – $114
Kansas KS50$74+15%$43 – $153
Virginia VA68$74+14%$33 – $165
Kentucky KY59$72+11%$32 – $237
Arizona AZ34$71+10%$28 – $187
Utah UT37$70+9%$60 – $115
Colorado CO46$70+9%$28 – $159
New Hampshire NH17$70+9%$34 – $139
Minnesota MN73$68+5%$34 – $132
Oregon OR39$68+5%$32 – $94
Georgia GA87$68+5%$38 – $153
Indiana IN94$65+1%$34 – $164
Oklahoma OK48$640%$33 – $116
Missouri MO50$63−3%$42 – $112
Arkansas AR29$62−4%$23 – $86
Washington WA52$61−5%$40 – $88
West Virginia WV31$59−8%$15 – $120
Idaho ID19$58−10%$23 – $83
North Dakota ND21$56−13%$33 – $130
North Carolina NC79$56−13%$30 – $105
Iowa IA48$55−15%$34 – $86
Ohio OH129$53−17%$39 – $97
New York NY95$50−23%$21 – $133
Tennessee TN60$49−24%$32 – $94
Hawaii HI12$48−25%$48 – $175
Louisiana LA45$42−35%$26 – $65
Mississippi MS42$35−46%$20 – $65
California CA83$34−47%$17 – $124
Maine ME17$34−47%$25 – $90
Alabama AL24$34−47%$23 – $68
Florida FL122$31−52%$17 – $88
Michigan MI72$22−65%$11 – $50
New Jersey NJ46$22−67%$19 – $129
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not 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 care1,888$61$26 – $126
Children’s55$74$34 – $163
Critical access571$74$40 – $133
Ownership
For-profit351$76$31 – $214
Government392$57$31 – $113
Non-profit1,771$64$31 – $124
System affiliation
Part of a system2,107$64$29 – $132
Independent415$66$33 – $120

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$110
Median cash price$64
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

1,761 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $64 and the average of the middle 60% is $68; most fall between $33 and $123.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,761 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$37$64$107$173

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($22 vs $173).

Of the 1,946 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,761 gave a usable cash price; 97 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 88 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,522 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 2,753 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,522
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here132
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded99
Hospitals that filed this code2,753

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 Lysozyme (Muramidase), Plasma.

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, “Lysozyme (muramidase) blood level (CPT 85549) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-85549-lysozyme-muramidase-blood-level