Creatinine test cost in Syracuse, NY — inpatient
In Syracuse, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for creatinine blood test as an inpatient: from $13.06 to $35.00, with a median of $26.65. The lowest listed price is at Community Memorial Hospital — $13.59 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $23.38 at 111 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 82565, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 24, 2026 and May 19, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Syracuse, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Memorial Hospital lowest Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 82565 Creatinine Blood_02 File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $13.06 | $16.32 | $4.08–$12.24 | 20% |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Creatinine File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $26.65 | $41.00 | $4.42–$36.90 | 35% |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse, NY · (315) 470-7449 82565 CREATININE BLOOD_01 File of May 19, 2026 · source file | $35.00 | $35.00 | — | — |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 82565 Creatinine Blood_01 File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $143.28 | $179.10 | $5.02–$134.32 | 20% |
Inpatient: lowest $13.06, median $26.65, highest $35.00 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $26.65 — 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
A creatinine test measures a waste product that healthy kidneys filter out. It is the main blood test of kidney function and is used to calculate the estimated filtration rate (eGFR).
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 82565 ($38.24). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NYCM 82565 .BUN + CREAT PANEL_1 | $2.45 | file |