Lab tests CPT 82746 Outpatient

Folate test cost in Holland, MI

In Holland, MI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for folate (folic acid) blood test: from $32.41 to $39.00, with a median of $35.71. The lowest listed price is at Beacon Allegan — $3.30 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $68.85 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 82746, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 21, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Lowest$32.41Beacon Allegan
Median$35.71half pay less
Highest$39.00in 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 Holland, MI.

median
Lowest $32.41Highest $39.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Beacon Allegan lowest Allegan, MI · (269) 686-4101 FOLIC ACID $32.41 $66.15 $9.77–$18.15 51% —
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Beacon Allegan lowest Allegan, MI · (269) 686-4101 FOLIC ACID $32.41 $66.15 $9.77–$18.15 51% —
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Beacon Allegan Allegan, MI · (269) 686-4101 FOLIC ACID-AGH $35.26 $71.95 $10.43–$18.15 51% —
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Beacon Allegan Allegan, MI · (269) 686-4101 FOLIC ACID-AGH $35.26 $71.95 $10.43–$18.15 51% —
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Holland Community Hospital Holland, MI · (616) 392-5141 Folic acid level, serum $39.00 $65.00 $9.56–$65.00 40% Sep 21, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $32.41, median $35.71, highest $39.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $32.41. 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 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 folate test measures folic acid in the blood. It is ordered for anemia with large red blood cells, usually together with a vitamin B12 test (82607).

What the price covers

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