Lab tests CPT 86141 Outpatient

hs-CRP test cost in Longview, TX

In Longview, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for high-sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP) test: from $51.60 to $72.28, with a median of $61.94. The lowest listed price is at Henderson Hospital, LLC — $10.34 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $79.72 at 237 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 86141, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$51.60Henderson Hospital, LLC
Median$61.94half pay less
Highest$72.28in this market
Difference1.4×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 Longview, TX.

median
Lowest $51.60Highest $72.28

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Henderson Hospital, LLC lowest Henderson, TX Measurement C-reactive protein for detection of infection or inflammation, high sensitivity $51.60 $516.00 $7.77–$340.56 90% —
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Longview Medical Center Longview, TX · (903) 758-1818 CRP,HIGHLY SENS $72.28 $401.58 $10.88–$341.34 82% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $51.60, median $61.94, highest $72.28 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $80.02. 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 2 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 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.