Lab tests CPT 84295 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Sodium test cost in Prescott Valley, AZ — inpatient

In Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ, 2 hospitals list a cash price for sodium blood test as an inpatient: from $26.16 to $40.07, with a median of $33.12. The lowest listed price is at Verde Valley Medical Center — $6.96 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $25.63 at 54 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 84295, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$26.16Verde Valley Medical Center

Median$33.12half of hospitals charge less

Highest$40.07in this market

Difference1.5×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 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ.

median

Lowest $26.16Highest $40.07

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Verde Valley Medical Center lowest Cottonwood, AZ · (928) 773-2357 Sodium Level File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$26.16	$52.31	$15.69–$52.31	50%
Yavapai Regional Medical Center Prescott, AZ · (928) 445-2700 SODIUM LEVEL File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$40.07	$54.00	$45.90–$52.38	26%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $26.16, median $33.12, highest $40.07 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $33.12 — 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 1 it is 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 sodium test measures the level of sodium in the blood. It is used for confusion, weakness, dehydration and for people on diuretics or with heart, kidney or liver disease.

What the price covers

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