BNP test cost in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for BNP or NT-proBNP blood test (heart failure marker): from $35.28 to $36.60, with a median of $35.28. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center El Paso and 1 other hospital. Across Texas, the median is $206.22 at 101 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 83880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
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.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX LEN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $35.28 | $176.40 | $14.13–$2,071.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX LEN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $35.28 | $176.40 | $14.13–$2,071.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX LES NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $35.28 | $176.40 | $14.13–$2,071.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX LES NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $35.28 | $176.40 | $14.13–$2,071.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH CLIN_CHEM NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $35.52 | $177.62 | $14.13–$2,071.38 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX ISTAT BTYPE NATIURETIC PEPTIDE | $36.60 | $183.00 | $38.24–$146.40 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (BN | $36.60 | $183.00 | $38.24–$146.40 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $37.12 | $185.60 | $14.13–$2,071.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $37.12 | $185.60 | $14.13–$2,071.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CLIN_CHEM NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $37.96 | $189.81 | $14.13–$2,071.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CLIN_CHEM NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $37.96 | $189.81 | $14.13–$2,071.38 | 80% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $35.28, median $35.28, highest $36.60.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $35.28. 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 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
This code covers the natriuretic peptide tests, BNP and NT-proBNP. The heart releases these peptides when it is under strain, so the test helps tell heart failure from other causes of shortness of breath and tracks treatment.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
6 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83880 ($159.00). 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 CHEM NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $11.60 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CLIN CHEM NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $11.60 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXCHEM NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $12.18 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXCLIN CHEM NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $12.18 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXCHEM NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $12.18 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXCLIN CHEM NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $12.18 | file |