Lab tests CPT 84550 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Uric acid test cost in Manchester, NH — inpatient

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for uric acid blood test as an inpatient: from $24.79 to $61.80, with a median of $30.03. The lowest listed price is at Elliot Hospital — $5.24 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $40.32 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 84550, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$24.79Elliot Hospital
Median$30.03half pay less
Highest$61.80in this market
Difference2.5×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median
Lowest $24.79Highest $61.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Elliot Hospital lowest Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Assay Of Blood/Uric Acid $24.79 $67.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC URIC ACID $30.03 $77.00 — 61% —
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Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 URIC ACID-SERUM $61.80 $103.00 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $24.79, median $30.03, highest $61.80 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $30.03 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.