C-peptide test cost in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 8 hospitals list a cash price for C-peptide blood test: from $14.50 to $1,314.00, with a median of $766.66. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center Surgical Hospital — $752.16 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $81.30 at 284 hospitals.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 2 cities for code 84681, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
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.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH CHEM C-PEPTIDE | $14.50 | $72.50 | $7.49–$8,084.80 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CHEM C-PEPTIDE | $15.23 | $76.13 | $7.49–$8,084.80 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CHEM C-PEPTIDE | $15.23 | $76.13 | $7.49–$8,084.80 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 C-PEPTIDE SERUM | $19.40 | $97.00 | $20.27–$77.60 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX C-PEPTIDE | $28.77 | $143.85 | $7.49–$90.73 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 C-PEPTIDE | $28.77 | $143.85 | $7.49–$90.73 | 80% | — source file |
| PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso El Paso, TX C-Peptide | $219.32 | $219.32 | $17.90–$186.42 | — | Aug 6, 2026 source file |
| Del Sol Rehab East El Paso, TX C-PEPTIDE | $1,314.00 | $1,314.00 | $1,116.90 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Las Palmas Rehab El Paso, TX C-peptide | $1,314.00 | $1,314.00 | $17.48–$20.81 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Del Sol Medical Center El Paso, TX · (915) 521-1200 C-PEPTIDE | $1,314.00 | $1,314.00 | $1,116.90 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Las Palmas Medical Center El Paso, TX · (915) 521-1200 C-peptide | $1,314.00 | $1,314.00 | $17.48–$20.81 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Las Palmas Medical Center El Paso, TX · (915) 521-1200 C-PEPTIDE | $1,314.00 | $1,314.00 | $906.66 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Del Sol Medical Center El Paso, TX · (915) 521-1200 C-peptide | $1,314.00 | $1,314.00 | $17.48–$87.46 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Las Palmas Rehab El Paso, TX C-PEPTIDE | $1,314.00 | $1,314.00 | $1,116.90 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Del Sol Rehab East El Paso, TX C-peptide | $1,314.00 | $1,314.00 | $17.48–$87.46 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $14.50, median $766.66, highest $1,314.00 — a 90.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $17.32. 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 3 of 8 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 C-peptide test shows how much insulin the pancreas is making. It helps tell type 1 from type 2 diabetes and find the cause of low blood sugar.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84681 ($93.00). 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 SPC C-PEPTIDE | $5.81 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXSPC C-PEPTIDE | $6.10 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSPC C-PEPTIDE | $6.10 | file |