Lab tests CPT 82150 Outpatient

Amylase test cost in Elizabeth City, NC

In Elizabeth City, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for amylase blood test: from $7.50 to $7.50, with a median of $7.50. Across North Carolina, the median is $79.20 at 63 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 82150, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$7.50Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center

Median$7.50half of hospitals charge less

Highest$7.50in this market

Difference1.0×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 Elizabeth City, NC.

median

Lowest $7.50Highest $57.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center lowest Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 Chgl (Qu) Amylase Isoenzymes, S/O File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$7.50	$15.00	—	50%
Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 Chgl Amylase Serum+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$57.50	$115.00	—	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.

Outpatient: lowest $7.50, median $7.50, highest $7.50.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $7.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

An amylase test measures a digestive enzyme made mainly by the pancreas and salivary glands. It is used with a lipase test for belly pain that might be pancreatitis.

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 82150 ($56.40). 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 Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City, NCChgl Amylase	$5.50	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.