Lab tests CPT 86677 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

H. pylori blood test cost in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for H. pylori antibody blood test as an inpatient: from $7.74 to $15.60, with a median of $8.13. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center Surgical Hospital — $0.39 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $126.15 at 83 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 86677, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$7.74University Medical Center Surgical Hospital
Median$8.13half pay less
Highest$15.60in this market
Difference2.0×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 El Paso, TX.

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Lowest $7.74Highest $30.31

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH MICRO H PYLOR ABI IGG $7.74 $38.72 $6.07–$529.17 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH MICRO H PYLORI AB $7.74 $38.72 $6.07–$529.17 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX MICRO H PYLORI AB $8.13 $40.66 $6.07–$529.17 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX MICRO H PYLOR ABI IGG $8.13 $40.66 $6.07–$529.17 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 MICRO H PYLORI AB $8.13 $40.66 $6.07–$529.17 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 MICRO H PYLOR ABI IGG $8.13 $40.66 $6.07–$529.17 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 H. PYLORI AB $15.60 $78.00 $16.42–$62.40 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 H. PYLORI IGG $15.60 $78.00 $16.42–$62.40 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 H. PYLORI AB IGM $15.60 $78.00 $16.42–$62.40 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 H. PYLORI IGA $15.60 $78.00 $16.42–$62.40 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 H. PYLORI AB IGG $15.60 $78.00 $16.42–$62.40 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH SPC H PYLORI AB IGA $28.86 $144.32 $6.07–$529.17 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 SPC H PYLORI AB IGM $30.31 $151.54 $6.07–$574.39 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 SPC H PYLORI AB IGA $30.31 $151.54 $6.07–$529.17 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SPC H PYLORI AB IGA $30.31 $151.54 $6.07–$529.17 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SPC H PYLORI AB IGM $30.31 $151.54 $6.07–$574.39 80% —
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Inpatient: lowest $7.74, median $8.13, highest $15.60 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $8.13 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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 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

This blood test looks for antibodies to H. pylori, the stomach bacteria behind most ulcers. It shows exposure but cannot tell a current infection from a past one.

What the price covers

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

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86677 ($71.60). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH SPC H PYLOR ABI IGG $3.38 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSPC H PYLOR ABI IGG $3.55 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXSPC H PYLOR ABI IGG $3.55 file