Lab tests CPT 84703 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Blood pregnancy test cost in Portland, ME — inpatient

In Portland-South Portland, ME, 5 hospitals list a cash price for blood pregnancy test (hCG, qualitative: yes or no) as an inpatient: from $17.68 to $106.10, with a median of $43.20. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital — $25.52 less than the median here. Across Maine, the median is $37.44 at 22 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 84703, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 9, 2025 and Sep 9, 2025.

Lowest$17.68Mercy Hospital
Median$43.20half pay less
Highest$106.10in this market
Difference6.0×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 Portland-South Portland, ME.

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Lowest $17.68Highest $106.10

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital lowest Portland, ME BETA HCG QUALITATIVE-Q $17.68 $68.00 $44.20–$50.73 74% —
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Mercy Hospital lowest Portland, ME PREGNANCY TEST SERUM/LAB $17.68 $68.00 $44.20–$50.73 74% —
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Mercy Hospital lowest Portland, ME HCG QUAL $17.68 $68.00 $44.20–$50.73 74% —
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MaineHealth Brunswick, ME · (207) 729-0181 CHG GONADOTROPIN CHORIONIC QUALITATIVE $33.00 $33.00 $6.08–$24.75 — Sep 9, 2025
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York Hospital York, ME · (207) 351-2478 W PREGNANCY TEST, SERUM (WELLS) $43.20 $72.00 — 40% —
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MaineHealth Biddeford, ME HC GONADOTROPIN CHORIONIC QUALITATIVE $57.10 $57.10 $42.00–$53.67 — Sep 9, 2025
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MaineHealth Brunswick, ME · (207) 729-0181 HC GONADOTROPIN CHORIONIC QUALITATIVE $90.10 $90.10 $63.61–$85.05 — Sep 9, 2025
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York Hospital York, ME · (207) 351-2478 PREGNANCY TEST, SERUM $99.60 $166.00 — 40% —
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MaineHealth Portland, ME · (207) 662-0111 B* HC GONADOTROPIN CHORIONIC QUALITATIVE $106.10 $106.10 $78.05–$99.73 — Sep 9, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $17.68, median $43.20, highest $106.10 — a 6.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $39.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 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 qualitative hCG test checks the blood for the pregnancy hormone and reports yes or no. Hospitals often run it before imaging or surgery.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.