Lab tests CPT 84681 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

C-peptide test cost in Shreveport, LA — inpatient

In Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for C-peptide blood test as an inpatient: from $32.24 to $100.64, with a median of $34.72. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport — $2.48 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $51.20 at 54 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 84681, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$32.24Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Median$34.72half pay less
Highest$100.64in this market
Difference3.1×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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.

median
Lowest $32.24Highest $100.64

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC C PEPTIDE $32.24 $124.00 — 74% —
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC C PEPTIDE $34.72 $124.00 — 72% —
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Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 C-Peptide $100.64 $125.80 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $32.24, median $34.72, highest $100.64 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $34.72 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.