Lab tests CPT 82024 Outpatient

ACTH test cost in Little Rock, AR

In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 10 hospitals list a cash price for ACTH blood test: from $29.04 to $210.40, with a median of $76.22. The lowest listed price is at Conway Regional Medical Center — $47.18 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $78.52 at 46 hospitals.

Cash prices at 10 facilities across 5 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 Nov 21, 2025 and Jul 2, 2026.

Lowest$29.04Conway Regional Medical Center
Median$76.22half of hospitals charge less
Highest$210.40in this market
Difference7.2×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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.

median
Lowest $29.04Highest $210.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Conway Regional Medical Center lowest Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 ASSAY OF ACTH File of Jul 2, 2026 · source file $29.04 $132.00 $26.40–$132.00 78%
Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 ACTH (ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC) File of Jul 2, 2026 · source file $32.91 $149.61 $29.92–$149.61 78%
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH) LEVEL source file $39.52 $65.87 $23.66–$887.00 40%
Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 ASSAY OF ACTH source file $42.44 $47.16 $38.62–$47.16 10%
Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH) LEVEL source file $58.68 $65.20 $38.62–$65.20 10%
St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Sherwood, AR · (501) 552-7100 ACTH File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $73.21 $288.00 $23.66–$158.40 75%
CHI St. Vincent Infirmary Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 ACTH File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $73.91 $288.00 $23.66–$158.40 74%
Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock North Little Rock, AR · (501) 202-3000 82024 - ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH source file $78.52 $314.08 $33.79–$84.33 75%
Baptist Health Medical Center - Conway Conway, AR · (501) 585-2000 82024 - ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH source file $78.52 $314.08 $34.03–$84.33 75%
Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock Little Rock, AR · (501) 202-2000 82024 - ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH source file $78.52 $314.08 $29.31–$84.33 75%
Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 ACTH, Plasma Quest File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $210.40 $263.00 $159.00–$176.03 20%
Arkansas Heart Hospital-Encore Bryant, AR · (501) 213-4500 ACTH, Plasma Quest File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $210.40 $263.00 $159.00–$176.03 20%
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.
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.
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.
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $29.04, median $76.22, highest $210.40 — a 7.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $73.21. 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 8 of 10 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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Sherwood, AR#ACTH (CONTR. DIAG. SERV.) $9.16 file
CHI St. Vincent Infirmary Little Rock, AR#ACTH (CONTR. DIAG. SERV.) $9.24 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.