Lab tests CPT 84703 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Blood pregnancy test cost in Salisbury, MD — inpatient

In Salisbury, MD, 2 hospitals list a cash price for blood pregnancy test (hCG, qualitative: yes or no) as an inpatient: from $7.52 to $27.44, with a median of $17.48. The lowest listed price is at Deer's Head Hospital Center — $9.96 less than the median here. Across Maryland, the median is $28.22 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 84703, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$7.52Deer's Head Hospital Center
Median$17.48half pay less
Highest$27.44in this market
Difference3.6×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 Salisbury, MD.

median
Lowest $7.52Highest $27.44

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Deer's Head Hospital Center lowest Salisbury, MD SERUM PREGNANCY $7.52 $7.52 $7.52 — —
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TidalHealth Peninsula Salisbury, MD · (410) 546-6400 HCG, QUALITATIVE $27.44 $28.00 $28.00–$27.44 2% —
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Inpatient: lowest $7.52, median $17.48, highest $27.44 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $27.44 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 2 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.