Lab tests CPT 82024 Outpatient

ACTH test cost in Bakersfield, CA

In Bakersfield-Delano, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for ACTH blood test: from $14.95 to $14.95, with a median of $14.95. Across California, the median is $67.76 at 112 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 82024, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 11, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Lowest$14.95Ridgecrest Regional Hospital

Median$14.95half of hospitals charge less

Highest$14.95in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Bakersfield-Delano, CA.

median

Lowest $14.95Highest $14.95

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital lowest Ridgecrest, CA · (760) 446-3551 Acth (211)+1 more line at this price File of Sep 11, 2026 · source file	$14.95	$28.20	—	47%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $14.95, median $14.95, highest $14.95.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $14.95. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

An ACTH test measures the pituitary hormone that tells the adrenal glands to make cortisol. It is used with cortisol to find the cause of too much or too little cortisol.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.

5 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82024 ($147.15). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Kern Valley Healthcare District Mountain Mesa, CAAdrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) level	$2.10	file
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield, CARL-A-ACTH 70010	$3.67	file
Mercy Hospital Bakersfield, CARL-A-ACTH 70010	$3.71	file
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield, CARL-Q-ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC	$9.18	file
Mercy Hospital Bakersfield, CARL-Q-ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC	$9.28	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.