BNP test cost in Fayetteville, AR — inpatient
In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for BNP or NT-proBNP blood test (heart failure marker) as an inpatient: from $125.73 to $215.00, with a median of $170.37. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Northwest Arkansas — $44.64 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $67.30 at 18 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 83880, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 16, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Northwest Arkansas lowest Rogers, AR B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTID | $125.73 | $125.73 | $99.33–$125.73 | — | Mar 16, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Northwest Arkansas Rogers, AR NT-PRO BNP | $152.61 | $152.61 | $120.56–$152.61 | — | Mar 16, 2026 source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 BNP 37386 QT | $215.00 | $194.00 | $34.92–$215.00 | -11% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 BNP, Pro - NT II GRV | $215.00 | $393.00 | $34.92–$215.00 | 45% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $125.73, median $170.37, highest $215.00 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $82.55 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 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
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Northwest Arkansas Rogers, ARBNP (B NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE) | $14.99 | file |