Lab tests CPT 83970 Outpatient

PTH test cost in San Augustine, TX

In San Augustine, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for parathyroid hormone (PTH) blood test: from $90.30 to $90.30, with a median of $90.30. Across Texas, the median is $222.18 at 237 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 83970, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$90.30Memorial Medical Center San Augustine
Median$90.30half pay less
Highest$90.30in 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 San Augustine, TX.

median
Lowest $90.30Highest $99.15

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Memorial Medical Center San Augustine lowest San Augustine, TX · (936) 275-3446 PTH C TERMINAL $90.30 $602.00 $34.68–$541.80 85% Feb 28, 2026
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Memorial Medical Center San Augustine San Augustine, TX · (936) 275-3446 PTH INTACT $99.15 $660.96 $34.68–$594.87 85% Feb 28, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $90.30, median $90.30, highest $90.30.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $90.30. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 ($174.50). 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.

Memorial Medical Center San Augustine San Augustine, TXEL PTH INTACT (IH) $8.70 file