Lab tests CPT 82024 Outpatient

ACTH test cost in Grand Island, NE

In Grand Island, NE, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ACTH blood test: from $225.97 to $306.00, with a median of $265.99. The lowest listed price is at Saint Francis Medical Center — $40.02 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $214.50 at 50 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 82024, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 4, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$225.97Saint Francis Medical Center
Median$265.99half pay less
Highest$306.00in this market
Difference1.4×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 Grand Island, NE.

median
Lowest $225.97Highest $306.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Saint Francis Medical Center lowest Grand Island, NE · (308) 384-4600 HC ACTH $225.97 $383.00 $37.42–$383.00 41% Feb 28, 2026
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Howard County Medical Center St. Paul, NE · (308) 754-4421 ACTH HORMONE $306.00 $306.00 $38.62–$293.76 — Feb 4, 2026
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Howard County Medical Center St. Paul, NE · (308) 754-4421 All Outpatient Services $306.00 $306.00 $38.62–$293.76 — Feb 4, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $225.97, median $265.99, highest $306.00 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $265.99. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.