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Helper T cell (CD4) count in blood

CPT 86361the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that measures the absolute number of CD4 helper T cells in a blood sample.

Hospitals typically charge $105 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,345 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $110. Most fall between $45 and $207 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,345
States
50
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 2,345 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$105$177$333

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($31 vs $333).

How the prices are spread

$26 – $35: 197 hospitals$26$35 – $47: 209 hospitals$47 – $63: 164 hospitals$47$63 – $85: 253 hospitals$85 – $115: 354 hospitals$85$115 – $155: 320 hospitals$155 – $209: 268 hospitals$155$209 – $281: 151 hospitals$281 – $378: 132 hospitals$281$378 – $509: 71 hospitals$378median $105price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,119 of 2,345 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$26$35197
$35$47209
$47$63164
$63$85253
$85$115354
$115$155320
$155$209268
$209$281151
$281$378132
$378$50971

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $105.

Alaska: median $146 across 13 hospitalsAK$146Maine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $104 across 21 hospitalsNH$104Washington: median $122 across 70 hospitalsWA$122Idaho: median $101 across 18 hospitalsID$101Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $98 across 21 hospitalsND$98Minnesota: median $171 across 49 hospitalsMN$171Illinois: median $112 across 96 hospitalsIL$112Wisconsin: median $109 across 54 hospitalsWI$109Michigan: median $57 across 47 hospitalsMI$57New York: median $77 across 70 hospitalsNY$77Massachusetts: median $92 across 32 hospitalsMA$92Oregon: median $86 across 43 hospitalsOR$86Nevada: median $119 across 13 hospitalsNV$119Wyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $243 across 21 hospitalsSD$243Iowa: median $110 across 34 hospitalsIA$110Indiana: median $87 across 77 hospitalsIN$87Ohio: median $110 across 105 hospitalsOH$110Pennsylvania: median $128 across 107 hospitalsPA$128New Jersey: median $29 across 48 hospitalsNJ$29Connecticut: median $135 across 12 hospitalsCT$135Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $66 across 109 hospitalsCA$66Utah: median $584 across 40 hospitalsUT$584Colorado: median $105 across 52 hospitalsCO$105Nebraska: median $139 across 26 hospitalsNE$139Missouri: median $96 across 57 hospitalsMO$96Kentucky: median $80 across 49 hospitalsKY$80West Virginia: median $32 across 33 hospitalsWV$32Virginia: median $100 across 69 hospitalsVA$100Maryland: median $144 across 35 hospitalsMD$144Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $125 across 34 hospitalsAZ$125New Mexico: median $174 across 26 hospitalsNM$174Kansas: median $70 across 43 hospitalsKS$70Arkansas: median $74 across 26 hospitalsAR$74Tennessee: median $60 across 55 hospitalsTN$60North Carolina: median $135 across 58 hospitalsNC$135South Carolina: median $142 across 49 hospitalsSC$142Oklahoma: median $85 across 56 hospitalsOK$85Louisiana: median $70 across 47 hospitalsLA$70Mississippi: median $68 across 40 hospitalsMS$68Alabama: median $84 across 32 hospitalsAL$84Georgia: median $94 across 97 hospitalsGA$94Hawaii: median $139 across 15 hospitalsHI$139Texas: median $163 across 205 hospitalsTX$163Florida: median $61 across 107 hospitalsFL$61
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $105. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT40$584+456%$165 – $688
South Dakota SD21$243+132%$72 – $489
New Mexico NM26$174+65%$103 – $207
Minnesota MN49$171+62%$111 – $276
Texas TX205$163+55%$71 – $346
Alaska AK13$146+39%$92 – $346
Maryland MD35$144+37%$89 – $163
South Carolina SC49$142+35%$114 – $317
Hawaii HI15$139+32%$19 – $187
Nebraska NE26$139+32%$49 – $222
North Carolina NC58$135+29%$45 – $222
Connecticut CT12$135+28%$93 – $223
Pennsylvania PA107$128+22%$31 – $367
Arizona AZ34$125+19%$31 – $179
Washington WA70$122+16%$73 – $189
Nevada NV13$119+13%$31 – $180
Illinois IL96$112+7%$48 – $213
Iowa IA34$110+5%$80 – $182
Ohio OH105$110+4%$64 – $182
Wisconsin WI54$109+4%$95 – $199
Colorado CO52$1050%$58 – $292
New Hampshire NH21$104−1%$47 – $172
Idaho ID18$101−4%$45 – $122
Virginia VA69$100−4%$46 – $198
North Dakota ND21$98−7%$47 – $165
Missouri MO57$96−9%$44 – $143
Georgia GA97$94−11%$54 – $219
Massachusetts MA32$92−12%$53 – $158
Indiana IN77$87−17%$43 – $197
Oregon OR43$86−19%$57 – $134
Oklahoma OK56$85−19%$64 – $168
Alabama AL32$84−21%$37 – $148
Kentucky KY49$80−24%$39 – $271
New York NY70$77−26%$27 – $146
Arkansas AR26$74−29%$48 – $151
Kansas KS43$70−33%$47 – $165
Louisiana LA47$70−33%$46 – $103
Mississippi MS40$68−35%$39 – $108
California CA109$66−38%$28 – $215
Florida FL107$61−42%$27 – $179
Tennessee TN55$60−43%$40 – $101
Michigan MI47$57−45%$35 – $140
West Virginia WV33$32−70%$32 – $101
New Jersey NJ48$29−72%$27 – $91
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $105.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,759$103$42 – $204
Children’s34$113$52 – $302
Critical access544$115$62 – $210
Ownership
For-profit354$118$45 – $325
Government382$96$47 – $180
Non-profit1,601$105$46 – $200
System affiliation
Part of a system1,942$107$45 – $215
Independent403$96$53 – $176

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$177
Median cash price$105
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

1,650 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $107 and the average of the middle 60% is $114; most fall between $49 and $214.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,650 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
$34$59$107$181$329

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($34 vs $329).

Of the 1,821 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,650 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 74 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,345 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (59%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,567 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,345
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here137
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded82
Hospitals that filed this code2,567

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 July 20, 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 HC Absolute Cd3 Count.

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, “Helper T cell (CD4) count in blood (CPT 86361) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86361-helper-t-cell-cd4-count-in-blood