Lab tests CPT 83615 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

LDH test cost in Staunton, VA — inpatient

In Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) blood test as an inpatient: from $11.50 to $11.50, with a median of $11.50. Across Virginia, the median is $55.50 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 83615, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$11.50Augusta Health
Median$11.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$11.50in 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA.

median
Lowest $11.50Highest $39.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Augusta Health lowest Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Fl-Ldh Body Fluid+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $11.50 $23.00 — 50%
Augusta Health Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Aml-Ldh File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $39.00 $78.00 — 50%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $11.50, median $11.50, highest $11.50.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $11.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

An LDH test measures an enzyme found in most body tissues. A high level is a general sign of tissue damage and is used to follow some anemias, lymphomas and other cancers.

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 83615 ($39.27). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Augusta Health Fishersville, VAC-Ldh $3.50 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.