Lab tests CPT 84681 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

C-peptide test cost in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 4 hospitals list a cash price for C-peptide blood test as an inpatient: from $14.50 to $219.32, with a median of $17.32. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center Surgical Hospital — $2.82 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $81.30 at 284 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 84681, 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$14.50University Medical Center Surgical Hospital

Median$17.32half of hospitals charge less

Highest$219.32in this market

Difference15.1×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.

median

Lowest $14.50Highest $219.32

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH CHEM C-PEPTIDE source file	$14.50	$72.50	$7.49–$8,084.80	80%
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CHEM C-PEPTIDE source file	$15.23	$76.13	$7.49–$8,084.80	80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CHEM C-PEPTIDE source file	$15.23	$76.13	$7.49–$8,084.80	80%
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 C-PEPTIDE SERUM source file	$19.40	$97.00	$20.27–$77.60	80%
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 C-PEPTIDE source file	$28.77	$143.85	$7.49–$90.73	80%
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX C-PEPTIDE source file	$28.77	$143.85	$7.49–$90.73	80%
PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso El Paso, TX C-Peptide File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file	$219.32	$219.32	$153.52–$186.42	—

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.

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.

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.

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing.

Inpatient: lowest $14.50, median $17.32, highest $219.32 — a 15.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $766.66 — 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 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 ($92.56). 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.

Hospital	Cash price	File
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

File Link to the hospital's own price file.