Lab tests CPT 83605 Outpatient

Lactic acid test cost in Tiffin, OH

In Tiffin, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for lactate (lactic acid) blood test: from $35.40 to $35.40, with a median of $35.40. Across Ohio, the median is $52.00 at 133 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 83605, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$35.40Mercy Health Tiffin Hospital
Median$35.40half pay less
Highest$35.40in 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 Tiffin, OH.

median
Lowest $35.40Highest $172.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Health Tiffin Hospital lowest Tiffin, OH · (419) 455-7000 HC Assay of Lactate $35.40 $59.00 — 40% —
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Mercy Health Tiffin Hospital Tiffin, OH · (419) 455-7000 HC So Lactic Acid $172.80 $288.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $35.40, median $35.40, highest $35.40.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $40.20. 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

A lactic acid test measures lactate in the blood. It is used mainly in the emergency department and hospital to look for sepsis, shock or poor blood flow to tissues.

What the price covers

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