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Lab tests CPT 84520 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

BUN test cost in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 4 hospitals list a cash price for blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test as an inpatient: from $3.60 to $84.80, with a median of $3.70. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital — $0.10 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $58.80 at 292 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 84520, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.

Lowest$3.60El Paso Children's Hospital
Median$3.70half pay less
Highest$84.80in this market
Difference23.6×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 El Paso, TX.

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Lowest $3.60Highest $84.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 BUN SERUM $3.60 $18.00 $3.85–$14.40 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 UREA NITROGEN QUANTITATIVE $3.60 $18.00 $3.85–$14.40 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 POCT BUN $3.60 $18.00 $3.85–$14.40 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 ED-BUN SERUM $3.60 $18.00 $3.85–$14.40 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CHEM UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $3.70 $18.48 $1.42–$200.85 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CHEM UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $3.70 $18.48 $1.42–$200.85 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH CHEM UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $4.40 $22.00 $1.42–$1,541.19 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 LES UREA NITROGEN QUANTITATIVE $8.48 $42.42 $1.42–$1,541.19 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 LEN UREA NITROGEN QUANTITATIVE $8.48 $42.42 $1.42–$1,541.19 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LEN UREA NITROGEN QUANTITATIVE $8.48 $42.42 $1.42–$1,541.19 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LES UREA NITROGEN QUANTITATIVE $8.48 $42.42 $1.42–$1,541.19 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 LEN UREA NITROGEN QTITATIVE $8.51 $42.53 $1.42–$1,541.19 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LEN UREA NITROGEN QTITATIVE $8.51 $42.53 $1.42–$1,541.19 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH UREA NITROGEN QUANTITATIVE $8.75 $43.74 $1.42–$1,541.19 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX UREA NITROGEN QUANTITATIVE $9.07 $45.36 $1.42–$200.85 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 UREA NITROGEN QUANTITATIVE $9.07 $45.36 $1.42–$200.85 80% —
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PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso El Paso, TX Urea Nitrogen $84.80 $84.80 $59.36–$72.08 — Aug 6, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $3.60, median $3.70, highest $84.80 — a 23.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $71.90 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 4 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 BUN test measures urea nitrogen, a waste product removed by the kidneys. It is used with creatinine to check kidney function and hydration.

What the price covers

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

16 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84520 ($34.80). 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.

University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CHEM UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT LAB $2.24 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH SPEC CHEM UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.24 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXYSL UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE NE UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXLWS UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXLES UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXLEN UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSPEC CHEM UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXCHEM UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT LAB $2.88 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXYSL UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE NE UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXLWS UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXLES UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXSPEC CHEM UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXLEN UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT $2.88 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXCHEM UREA NITROGEN QUANTITAT LAB $2.88 file