Lab tests CPT 84146 Outpatient

Prolactin test cost in Victoria, TX

In Victoria, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for prolactin blood test: from $80.50 to $82.74, with a median of $81.62. The lowest listed price is at Citizens Medical Center County of Victoria — $1.12 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $115.69 at 249 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 84146, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026.

Lowest$80.50Citizens Medical Center County of Victoria
Median$81.62half pay less
Highest$82.74in 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 Victoria, TX.

median
Lowest $80.50Highest $82.74

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Citizens Medical Center County of Victoria lowest Victoria, TX · (361) 573-9181 Prolactin $80.50 $161.00 $16.28–$161.00 50% Jul 27, 2026
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Victoria of Texas Victoria, TX · (361) 575-7441 PROLACTIN $82.74 $394.00 $16.28–$315.20 79% Apr 1, 2026
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Victoria of Texas Victoria, TX · (361) 575-7441 L4465 PROLACTI ECLIA $82.74 $394.00 $16.28–$315.20 79% Apr 1, 2026
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Victoria of Texas Victoria, TX · (361) 575-7441 PROLACTIN $82.74 $394.00 $16.28–$315.20 79% Apr 1, 2026
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Victoria of Texas Victoria, TX · (361) 575-7441 L4465 PROLACTI ECLIA $82.74 $394.00 $16.28–$315.20 79% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $80.50, median $81.62, highest $82.74.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $99.35. 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

Prolactin is a pituitary hormone that drives milk production. The test is ordered for irregular or absent periods, nipple discharge, infertility, low sex drive and suspected pituitary tumors.

What the price covers

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