Lab tests CPT 84478 Outpatient

Triglycerides test cost in Corpus Christi, TX

In Corpus Christi, TX, 7 hospitals list a cash price for triglycerides blood test: from $88.78 to $1,283.26, with a median of $1,283.26. The lowest listed price is at Driscoll Childrens Hospital — $1,194.48 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $87.78 at 294 hospitals.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 2 cities for code 84478, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 6, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$88.78Driscoll Childrens Hospital
Median$1,283.26half pay less
Highest$1,283.26in this market
Difference14.5×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 Corpus Christi, TX.

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Lowest $88.78Highest $1,283.26

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Driscoll Childrens Hospital lowest Corpus Christi, TX · (361) 739-4846 Assay of Triglycerides $88.78 $443.90 $4.82–$165.82 80% Oct 6, 2025
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PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX Triglycerides $101.70 $101.70 $4.02–$86.45 — Aug 6, 2026
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Corpus Christi Medical Center - The Heart Hospital Corpus Christi, TX TRIGLYCERIDES $1,283.26 $1,283.26 $77.00–$1,090.77 — Sep 1, 2026
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Corpus Christi Medical Center - The Heart Hospital Corpus Christi, TX TRIGLYCERIDES OTHER $1,283.26 $1,283.26 $77.00–$1,090.77 — Sep 1, 2026
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Corpus Christi Medical Center - Bay Area Portland, TX · (361) 761-1501 TRIGLYCERIDES $1,283.26 $1,283.26 $77.00–$1,090.77 — Sep 1, 2026
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Corpus Christi Medical Center - Northwest FSER Corpus Christi, TX · (361) 761-1501 TRIGLYCERIDES $1,283.26 $1,283.26 $77.00–$1,090.77 — Sep 1, 2026
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Corpus Christi Medical Center - Bayview Behavioral Hospital Corpus Christi, TX · (972) 465-0022 TRIGLYCERIDES $1,283.26 $1,283.26 $77.00–$1,090.77 — Sep 1, 2026
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Corpus Christi Medical Center - Bayview Behavioral Hospital Corpus Christi, TX · (972) 465-0022 TRIGLYCERIDES OTHER $1,283.26 $1,283.26 $77.00–$1,090.77 — Sep 1, 2026
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Corpus Christi Medical Center - Doctors Regional Corpus Christi, TX · (361) 761-1501 TRIGLYCERIDES $1,283.26 $1,283.26 $77.00–$1,090.77 — Sep 1, 2026
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Corpus Christi Medical Center - Doctors Regional Corpus Christi, TX · (361) 761-1501 TRIGLYCERIDES OTHER $1,283.26 $1,283.26 $77.00–$1,090.77 — Sep 1, 2026
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Corpus Christi Medical Center - Bay Area Portland, TX · (361) 761-1501 TRIGLYCERIDES OTHER $1,283.26 $1,283.26 $77.00–$1,090.77 — Sep 1, 2026
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Corpus Christi Medical Center - Northwest FSER Corpus Christi, TX · (361) 761-1501 TRIGLYCERIDES OTHER $1,283.26 $1,283.26 $77.00–$1,090.77 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $88.78, median $1,283.26, highest $1,283.26 — a 14.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $101.70. 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 1 of 7 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 triglycerides test measures a type of fat in the blood. It is usually part of a lipid panel and is ordered alone to follow very high levels or treatment.

What the price covers

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