Lab tests CPT 86901 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Rh factor test cost in Mount Airy, NC — inpatient

In Mount Airy, NC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for rh blood typing as an inpatient: from $18.50 to $25.16, with a median of $21.83. The lowest listed price is at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital — $3.33 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $52.73 at 62 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 86901, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 16, 2026 and Jul 16, 2026.

Lowest$18.50Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Median$21.83half pay less
Highest$25.16in 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 Mount Airy, NC.

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Lowest $18.50Highest $25.16

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital lowest Elkin, NC · (336) 527-7000 HC BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC RH $18.50 $37.00 $16.39–$34.04 50% Jul 16, 2026
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Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Blood Typing; Rh(D) $25.16 $37.00 $5.43–$37.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Blood Typing; Rh(D) (Outreach) $25.16 $37.00 $5.43–$37.00 32% —
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Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy, NC · (336) 719-7000 Exp-Blood Typing, Rh (OB-Outr) $25.16 $37.00 $5.43–$37.00 32% —
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Inpatient: lowest $18.50, median $21.83, highest $25.16 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $21.83 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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

An Rh test checks whether red blood cells carry the Rh (D) protein. It is done with blood typing before transfusion and in pregnancy.

What the price covers

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