Lab tests CPT 84520 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

BUN test cost in Lebanon, NH — inpatient

In Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, 4 hospitals list a cash price for blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test as an inpatient: from $12.85 to $22.32, with a median of $18.72. The lowest listed price is at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital — $5.87 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $28.00 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 84520, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 12, 2026 and Jul 1, 2026.

Lowest$12.85Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Median$18.72half of hospitals charge less
Highest$22.32in this market
Difference1.7×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 Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT.

median
Lowest $12.85Highest $72.52

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital lowest Lebanon, NH · (603) 650-5000 UREA NITROGEN, SERUM source file $12.85 $42.00 $14.49–$39.90 69%
Valley Regional Hospital Claremont, NH · (603) 542-7771 BUN SERUM File of Jun 6, 2026 · source file $16.50 $30.00 $2.01–$115.00 45%
Gifford Medical Center Randolph, VT · (802) 728-4441 ASSAY OF UREA NITROGEN File of Feb 12, 2026 · source file $20.94 $41.88 $31.00–$39.79 50%
Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth, NH · (603) 536-1120 Blood Urea Nitrogen File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $22.32 $36.00 — 38%
Valley Regional Hospital Claremont, NH · (603) 542-7771 UREA NITROGEN QUANTITATIVE+1 more line at this price File of Jun 6, 2026 · source file $46.75 $85.00 $2.01–$115.00 45%
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH · (603) 650-5000 BUN BODY FLUID source file $72.52 $237.00 $81.76–$225.15 69%
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 $12.85, median $18.72, highest $22.32 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $21.63 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 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.