Lab tests CPT 86141 Outpatient

hs-CRP test cost in Fayetteville, AR

In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for high-sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP) test: from $32.69 to $52.00, with a median of $34.45. The lowest listed price is at Arkansas Childrens Northwest — $1.76 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $43.03 at 18 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 86141, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$32.69Arkansas Childrens Northwest
Median$34.45half pay less
Highest$52.00in this market
Difference1.6×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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.

median
Lowest $32.69Highest $108.55

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Arkansas Childrens Northwest lowest Springdale, AR · (479) 725-6800 C-REACTIVE PROTEIN HS $32.69 $36.32 $12.95–$36.32 10% —
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Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, AR C Reactive Protein High Sensitive $34.45 $53.00 $9.65–$45.05 35% —
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Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 HIGH SENSITIVITY CRP 10124 QT $52.00 $130.00 $11.52–$67.60 60% —
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Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 CARDIO IQ(R) HS CRP 91737 QT $52.00 $130.00 $11.52–$67.60 60% —
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Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, AR C Reactive Protein CSF $108.55 $167.00 $30.39–$141.95 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $32.69, median $34.45, highest $52.00 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $63.30. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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

The high-sensitivity CRP test measures low levels of inflammation. It is used, along with cholesterol, to estimate heart disease risk.

What the price covers

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