Lab tests CPT 82024 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

ACTH test cost in Mount Airy, NC — inpatient

In Mount Airy, NC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ACTH blood test as an inpatient: from $25.50 to $106.76, with a median of $66.13. The lowest listed price is at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital — $40.63 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $121.50 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 82024, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 16, 2026 and Jul 16, 2026.

Lowest$25.50Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Median$66.13half pay less
Highest$106.76in this market
Difference4.2×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 Mount Airy, NC.

median
Lowest $25.50Highest $106.76

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital lowest Elkin, NC · (336) 527-7000 HC ASSAY OF ACTH $25.50 $51.00 $22.59–$46.92 50% Jul 16, 2026
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Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Acth, Ria $106.76 $157.00 $37.85–$86.92 32% —
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Inpatient: lowest $25.50, median $66.13, highest $106.76 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $66.13 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.