Lab tests CPT 84681 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

C-peptide test cost in Milwaukee, WI — inpatient

In Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, 14 hospitals list a cash price for C-peptide blood test as an inpatient: from $43.46 to $240.09, with a median of $87.50. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus and 2 other hospitals — $44.04 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $87.50 at 97 hospitals.

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 10 cities for code 84681, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Mar 23, 2026.

Lowest$43.46Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus + 2 more
Median$87.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$240.09in this market
Difference5.5×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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI.

median
Lowest $43.46Highest $240.09

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus lowest Milwaukee, WI · (414) 585-1374 HC ASSAY OF C-PEPTIDE source file $43.46 $82.00 $12.36–$80.43 47%
Ascension Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Hospital lowest Mequon, WI HC ASSAY OF C-PEPTIDE source file $43.46 $82.00 $12.36–$80.43 47%
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus lowest Mequon, WI HC ASSAY OF C-PEPTIDE source file $43.46 $82.00 $12.36–$80.43 47%
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha, WI · (262) 948-5600 C-PEPTIDE File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $87.50 $175.00 $105.00–$148.75 50%
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis, WI · (414) 328-6000 C-PEPTIDE File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $87.50 $175.00 $105.00–$148.75 50%
Aurora St. Luke's South Shore of Aurora Health Care Metro Cudahy, WI · (414) 649-6000 C-PEPTIDE File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $87.50 $175.00 $105.00–$148.75 50%
Aurora Psychiatric Hospital Wauwatosa, WI · (414) 454-6600 C-PEPTIDE File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $87.50 $175.00 $105.00–$148.75 50%
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit, WI · (262) 434-1600 C-PEPTIDE File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $87.50 $175.00 $105.00–$148.75 50%
Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee, WI · (414) 649-6000 C-PEPTIDE File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $87.50 $175.00 $105.00–$148.75 50%
Aurora St Lukes Medical Center Milwaukee, WI · (414) 649-6000 C-PEPTIDE File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $87.50 $175.00 $105.00–$148.75 50%
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford, WI · (262) 673-2300 C-PEPTIDE File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $87.50 $175.00 $105.00–$148.75 50%
Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton, WI · (262) 329-1000 C-PEPTIDE File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $87.50 $175.00 $105.00–$148.75 50%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI · (414) 266-3954 HBC C PEPTIDE BLOOD+1 more line at this price File of Mar 23, 2026 · source file $240.08 $436.50 $305.55–$414.68 45%
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin Glendale, WI C-PEPTIDE source file $240.09 $453.00 $7.37–$37.28 47%
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 $43.46, median $87.50, highest $240.09 — a 5.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 18 facilities here, median $87.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 13 of 14 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 10 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.