Lab tests CPT 83970 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

PTH test cost in Baudette, MN — inpatient

In Baudette, MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for parathyroid hormone (PTH) blood test as an inpatient: from $18.48 to $20.95, with a median of $19.72. The lowest listed price is at Lakewood Health Center — $1.24 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $117.24 at 76 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 83970, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2024 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$18.48Lakewood Health Center
Median$19.72half pay less
Highest$20.95in this market
Difference1.1×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 Baudette, MN.

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Lowest $18.48Highest $290.23

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lakewood Health Center lowest Baudette, MN · (218) 634-2120 MBHPAN PTH $18.48 $28.00 $10.64–$27.44 34% Feb 28, 2026
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CHI LakeWood Health Baudette, MN · (218) 634-2120 MBHPAN; PTH $20.95 $28.00 $10.92–$27.44 25% Aug 6, 2024
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Lakewood Health Center Baudette, MN · (218) 634-2120 PARATHYROID HORMONE INTACT $81.74 $123.84 $47.06–$121.37 34% Feb 28, 2026
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Lakewood Health Center Baudette, MN · (218) 634-2120 PARATHORMONE C-TERMINAL $264.66 $401.00 $152.38–$392.98 34% Feb 28, 2026
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Lakewood Health Center Baudette, MN · (218) 634-2120 PTH INTACT NO CALCIUM $271.26 $411.00 $156.18–$402.78 34% Feb 28, 2026
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CHI LakeWood Health Baudette, MN · (218) 634-2120 PARATHORMONE; C-TERMINAL $284.24 $380.00 $148.20–$372.40 25% Aug 6, 2024
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CHI LakeWood Health Baudette, MN · (218) 634-2120 PTH INTACT NO CALCIUM $290.23 $388.00 $151.32–$380.24 25% Aug 6, 2024
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Inpatient: lowest $18.48, median $19.72, highest $20.95 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $19.72 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83970 ($179.47). 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.

CHI LakeWood Health Baudette, MNPARATHYROID HORMONE INTACT $13.47 file