Lab tests CPT 84478 Outpatient

Triglycerides test cost in Minot, ND

In Minot, ND, 2 hospitals list a cash price for triglycerides blood test: from $27.20 to $27.20, with a median of $27.20. The lowest listed price is at Trinity Hospitals and 1 other hospital. Across North Dakota, the median is $43.92 at 29 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 84478, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$27.20Trinity Hospitals + 1 more

Median$27.20half of hospitals charge less

Highest$27.20in 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 Minot, ND.

median

Lowest $27.20Highest $55.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Trinity Hospitals lowest Minot, ND · (701) 857-5000 74579 LA, TRIGLYCERIDES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$27.20	$34.00	—	20%
Kenmare Community Hospital lowest Kenmare, ND · (701) 385-4296 74579 LA, TRIGLYCERIDES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$27.20	$34.00	—	20%
Trinity Hospitals Minot, ND · (701) 857-5000 TRIGLYCERIDES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$55.20	$69.00	—	20%
Kenmare Community Hospital Kenmare, ND · (701) 385-4296 TRIGLYCERIDES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$55.20	$69.00	—	20%

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.

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.

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.

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

Outpatient: lowest $27.20, median $27.20, highest $27.20.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $27.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84478 ($41.40). 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.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Trinity Hospitals Minot, ND12282 WP,TRIGLYCERIDES	$4.00	file
Kenmare Community Hospital Kenmare, ND12282 WP,TRIGLYCERIDES	$4.00	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.