Lab tests CPT 83970 Outpatient

PTH test cost in Lebanon, NH

In Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for parathyroid hormone (PTH) blood test: from $21.11 to $248.60, with a median of $134.86. The lowest listed price is at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital — $113.75 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $190.75 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities 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 Jun 6, 2026 and Jun 6, 2026.

Lowest$21.11Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Median$134.86half pay less
Highest$248.60in this market
Difference11.8×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 Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT.

median
Lowest $21.11Highest $248.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital lowest Lebanon, NH · (603) 650-5000 PARATHYROID HORMONE(PTH INTACT $21.11 $69.00 $7.82–$65.55 69% —
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Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH · (603) 650-5000 PCH FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATE INTACT PTH $29.68 $97.00 $10.99–$92.15 69% —
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Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH · (603) 650-5000 INTRAOPERATIVE PTH $52.94 $173.00 $19.60–$164.35 69% —
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Valley Regional Hospital Claremont, NH · (603) 542-7771 PARATHYROID HORMONE $248.60 $452.00 $21.05–$452.00 45% Jun 6, 2026
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Valley Regional Hospital Claremont, NH · (603) 542-7771 ASSAY OF PARATHORMONE $248.60 $452.00 $21.05–$452.00 45% Jun 6, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $21.11, median $134.86, highest $248.60 — a 11.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $134.86. 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 2 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

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.