Lab tests CPT 82088 Outpatient

Aldosterone test cost in Washington, DC

In Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, 17 hospitals list a cash price for aldosterone blood test: from $13.00 to $651.64, with a median of $285.00. The lowest listed price is at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center — $272.00 less than the median here. Across District of Columbia, the median is $351.59 at 4 hospitals.

Cash prices at 17 facilities across 14 cities for code 82088, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$13.00Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
Median$285.00half pay less
Highest$651.64in this market
Difference50.1×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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.

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Lowest $13.00Highest $651.64

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center lowest Woodbridge, VA · (703) 523-1000 Chgl (Qu) Aldosterone/Cortisol Ratio, 2 Sites, S/O $13.00 $26.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA · (703) 523-1000 Chgl (Qu) Aldosterone/Plasma Renin Activity Ratio, Lc/Ms/Ms, S/O $15.50 $31.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA · (703) 523-1000 Chgl (Qu) Aldosterone, Lc/Ms/Ms, S/O $17.00 $34.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA · (703) 523-1000 Chgl (Qu) 82088 Aldosterone, 24-Hour Urine With Creatinine, S/O $19.00 $38.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV · (304) 728-1600 ASSAY OF ALDOSTERONE $23.50 $47.00 — 50% —
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Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA · (703) 523-1000 Chgl (Qu) 82088 Aldosterone/Cortisol Ratio, Adrenal Vein Sampling 1 Site, S/O $39.50 $79.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MedStar Montgomery Medical Center Olney, MD · (301) 774-8882 ALDOSTERONE $66.13 $67.48 $66.13–$67.48 2% Apr 1, 2026
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MedStar Southern Hospital Center Clinton, MD · (301) 868-8000 ALDOSTERONE $71.86 $73.33 $71.86–$73.33 2% Apr 1, 2026
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Children's National Hospital Washington, DC · (202) 476-5000 Aldosterone (SO) $141.50 $283.00 $40.75–$1,838.02 50% —
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Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center Fredericksburg, VA · (540) 498-4000 ALDOSTERONE UR QN $226.80 $226.80 $43.09–$204.12 — Sep 1, 2026
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Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA · (703) 523-1000 Chgl Aldosterone Urine $232.50 $465.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA · (703) 523-1000 Chgl Aldosterone Serum $232.50 $465.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, VA · (703) 858-6600 HC ALDOSTERONE $285.00 $570.00 $40.75–$444.60 50% —
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Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 664-7105 HC ALDOSTERONE $285.00 $570.00 $40.75–$444.60 50% —
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Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 504-3167 HC ALDOSTERONE $285.00 $570.00 $40.75–$444.60 50% —
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Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · (703) 698-1110 HC ALDOSTERONE $285.00 $570.00 $40.75–$444.60 50% —
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Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax, VA · (703) 391-4170 HC ALDOSTERONE $285.00 $570.00 $40.75–$444.60 50% —
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National Rehabilitation Hospital Washington, DC ALDOSTERONE $341.06 $524.71 $39.93–$446.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · (202) 877-7000 ALDOSTERONE $362.12 $557.11 $40.75–$473.54 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Fauquier Health Warrenton, VA · (540) 316-5000 Aldosterone $448.40 $1,121.00 $51.25 60% —
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MedStar Georgetown Hospital Northwest Washington, DC · (202) 784-3000 ALDOSTERONE $503.95 $775.30 $40.75–$697.77 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center Fredericksburg, VA · (540) 498-4000 ALDOSTERONE QN $525.96 $525.96 $99.93–$473.36 — Sep 1, 2026
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Stonesprings Hospital Center Dulles, VA · (571) 349-4000 Aldosterone $651.38 $651.38 $40.75–$216.42 — Sep 1, 2026
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Stonesprings Hospital Center Dulles, VA · (571) 349-4000 ALDOSTERONE QN $651.38 $651.38 $123.76–$553.67 — Sep 1, 2026
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Reston Hospital Center Vienna, VA · (703) 689-9000 ALDOSTERONE QN $651.64 $651.64 $462.66 — Sep 1, 2026
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Reston Hospital Center Vienna, VA · (703) 689-9000 Aldosterone $651.64 $651.64 $40.75–$214.02 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $13.00, median $285.00, highest $651.64 — a 50.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $285.00. 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 11 of 15 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 aldosterone test measures an adrenal hormone that controls salt and blood pressure. It is ordered with renin for high blood pressure that is hard to control or low potassium.

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 82088 ($124.23). 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.

Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VAChgl (Qu) Aldosterone/Cortisol Ratio, 3 Sites, S/O $12.00 file