Lab tests CPT 82652 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Vitamin D 1,25 test cost in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxy blood test as an inpatient: from $35.80 to $422.19, with a median of $229.00. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital — $193.20 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $166.23 at 284 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 82652, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.

Lowest$35.80El Paso Children's Hospital
Median$229.00half pay less
Highest$422.19in this market
Difference11.8×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 El Paso, TX.

median
Lowest $35.80Highest $422.19

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 1 25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D $35.80 $179.00 $37.50–$143.20 80% —
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PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso El Paso, TX Vit D 1 25-Dihydroxy $422.19 $422.19 $295.53–$358.86 — Aug 6, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $35.80, median $229.00, highest $422.19 — a 11.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $1,889.00 — 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 1 it is 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

This test measures 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D, the active hormone form. It is used for kidney disease, high calcium and some rare disorders, not to check vitamin D levels in general.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82652 ($140.32). 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.

University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH SPC 1 25 DIHYDROXY $10.76 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXSPC 1 25 DIHYDROXY $11.29 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSPC 1 25 DIHYDROXY $11.29 file