Lab tests CPT 82670 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Estradiol test cost in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for estradiol blood test as an inpatient: from $26.00 to $30.91, with a median of $30.91. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital — $4.91 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $36.00 at 98 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 82670, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$26.00El Paso Children's Hospital
Median$30.91half pay less
Highest$30.91in this market
Difference1.2×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 El Paso, TX.

median
Lowest $26.00Highest $30.91

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 SPC ASSAY OF ESTRADIOL $26.00 $130.00 $27.22–$104.00 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SPC ESTRADIOL $30.91 $154.54 $10.06–$373.92 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 SPC ESTRADIOL $30.91 $154.54 $10.06–$373.92 80% —
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Inpatient: lowest $26.00, median $30.91, highest $30.91 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $30.91 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 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

Estradiol is the main form of estrogen. The test is used in fertility treatment, for irregular periods, to monitor hormone therapy and, less often, in men.

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 82670 ($103.20). 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 LAB SPC ESTRADIOL $7.81 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXLAB SPC ESTRADIOL $8.20 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXLAB SPC ESTRADIOL $8.20 file