Lab tests CPT 82024 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

ACTH test cost in Charlottesville, VA — inpatient

In Charlottesville, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for ACTH blood test as an inpatient: from $172.50 to $172.50, with a median of $172.50. Across Virginia, the median is $271.17 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 82024, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$172.50Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital

Median$172.50half of hospitals charge less

Highest$172.50in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville, VA · (434) 654-7000 Chgl Acth File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$172.50	$345.00	—	50%

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.

Inpatient: lowest $172.50, median $172.50, highest $172.50.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $172.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82024 ($151.20). 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
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville, VAChgl (Qu) Acth, Plasma, S/O	$10.50	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.