Lab tests CPT 83970 Outpatient

PTH test cost in Allentown, PA

In Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, 1 hospital lists a cash price for parathyroid hormone (PTH) blood test: from $47.47 to $47.47, with a median of $47.47. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $209.40 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 83970, 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$47.47Hackettstown Medical Center
Median$47.47half pay less
Highest$47.47in 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 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ.

median
Lowest $47.47Highest $87.38

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hackettstown Medical Center lowest Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 Parathormone Intraop POC $47.47 $2,860.00 — 98% —
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Hackettstown Medical Center lowest Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 Parathormone $47.47 $189.00 — 75% —
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Hackettstown Medical Center Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 Parathormone $87.38 $2,236.00 — 96% —
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Outpatient: lowest $47.47, median $47.47, highest $47.47.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $47.47. 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 PTH test measures parathyroid hormone, which controls calcium in the blood. It is ordered when calcium is high or low, in kidney disease, and in some people with kidney stones or osteoporosis.

What the price covers

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