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Protein immunoelectrophoresis on blood serum

CPT 86320the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that separates proteins in blood serum by electric current and identifies them with antibodies.

Hospitals typically charge $110 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 771 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $110. Most fall between $43 and $206 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
771
States
46
Filings dated
Aug 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 771 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
$30$50$110$173$351

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($30 vs $351).

How the prices are spread

$24 – $34: 79 hospitals$24$34 – $47: 66 hospitals$47 – $65: 45 hospitals$47$65 – $91: 100 hospitals$91 – $127: 103 hospitals$91$127 – $176: 152 hospitals$176 – $246: 60 hospitals$176$246 – $343: 50 hospitals$343 – $478: 32 hospitals$343$478 – $666: 9 hospitals$478median $110price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (696 of 771 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$24$3479
$34$4766
$47$6545
$65$91100
$91$127103
$127$176152
$176$24660
$246$34350
$343$47832
$478$6669

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $110.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $137 across 28 hospitalsIL$137Wisconsin: median $129 across 13 hospitalsWI$129Michigan: median $126 across 26 hospitalsMI$126New York: median $38 across 34 hospitalsNY$38Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $110 across 18 hospitalsIA$110Indiana: median $156 across 22 hospitalsIN$156Ohio: median $179 across 29 hospitalsOH$179Pennsylvania: median $29 across 20 hospitalsPA$29New Jersey: median $33 across 30 hospitalsNJ$33Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $152 across 38 hospitalsCA$152Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $357 across 15 hospitalsCO$357Nebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $131 across 25 hospitalsMO$131Kentucky: median $178 across 11 hospitalsKY$178West Virginia: median $113 across 11 hospitalsWV$113Virginia: median $138 across 25 hospitalsVA$138Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $68 across 16 hospitalsAZ$68New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $149 across 15 hospitalsKS$149Arkansas: median $51 across 14 hospitalsAR$51Tennessee: median $66 across 15 hospitalsTN$66North Carolina: median $78 across 34 hospitalsNC$78South Carolina: median $100 across 12 hospitalsSC$100Oklahoma: median $29 across 22 hospitalsOK$29Louisiana: median $95 across 13 hospitalsLA$95Mississippi: median $70 across 25 hospitalsMS$70Alabama: median $93 across 14 hospitalsAL$93Georgia: median $109 across 60 hospitalsGA$109Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $137 across 79 hospitalsTX$137Florida: median $61 across 31 hospitalsFL$61
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $110. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Colorado CO15$357+225%$37 – $1,238
Ohio OH29$179+62%$80 – $266
Kentucky KY11$178+61%$45 – $326
Indiana IN22$156+42%$43 – $221
California CA38$152+38%$90 – $271
Kansas KS15$149+36%$50 – $220
Virginia VA25$138+25%$19 – $180
Texas TX79$137+25%$137 – $1,182
Illinois IL28$137+24%$32 – $225
Missouri MO25$131+19%$95 – $173
Wisconsin WI13$129+18%$129 – $129
Michigan MI26$126+14%$41 – $131
West Virginia WV11$113+3%$51 – $145
Iowa IA18$1100%$67 – $110
Georgia GA60$109−1%$78 – $247
South Carolina SC12$100−9%$87 – $162
Louisiana LA13$95−14%$39 – $133
Alabama AL14$93−15%$52 – $546
North Carolina NC34$78−29%$70 – $141
Mississippi MS25$70−37%$30 – $113
Arizona AZ16$68−38%$48 – $68
Tennessee TN15$66−40%$63 – $101
Florida FL31$61−45%$34 – $303
Arkansas AR14$51−53%$51 – $112
New York NY34$38−66%$30 – $119
New Jersey NJ30$33−70%$30 – $44
Oklahoma OK22$29−73%$29 – $98
Pennsylvania PA20$29−74%$11 – $45
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $110.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care604$109$36 – $180
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access156$129$63 – $222
Ownership
For-profit136$137$56 – $701
Government147$102$48 – $181
Non-profit488$110$39 – $173
System affiliation
Part of a system637$110$42 – $203
Independent134$111$47 – $211

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$203
Median cash price$110
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

478 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $123 and the average of the middle 60% is $116; most fall between $60 and $185.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 478 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
$36$67$123$164$305

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($36 vs $305).

Of the 536 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 478 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 28 a list price only.

How complete is this

771 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 840 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted771
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
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 — excluded30
Hospitals that filed this code840

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 Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Immunoelectrophoresis Serum.

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, “Protein immunoelectrophoresis on blood serum (CPT 86320) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86320-protein-immunoelectrophoresis-on-blood-serum