Lab tests CPT 84550 Outpatient

Uric acid test cost in Huntsville, AL

In Huntsville, AL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Uric acid blood test: from $23.71 to $111.50, with a median of $67.61. The lowest listed price is at Crestwood Medical Center — $43.90 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $111.25 at 12 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 84550, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 1, 2026.

Lowest$23.71Crestwood Medical Center
Median$67.61half pay less
Highest$111.50in this market
Difference4.7×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 Huntsville, AL.

median
Lowest $23.71Highest $111.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Crestwood Medical Center lowest Huntsville, AL URIC ACID, BLOOD $23.71 $131.70 $2.94–$111.94 82% Jan 1, 2026
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Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL LAB-URIC ACID $111.50 $111.50 $3.39–$111.50 — —
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Outpatient: lowest $23.71, median $67.61, highest $111.50 — a 4.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $69.58. 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 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 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 uric acid test measures uric acid in the blood. It is used to diagnose and monitor gout, to look into kidney stones and to watch levels during some cancer treatments.

What the price covers

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