Lab tests CPT 83605 Puerto Rico Outpatient

Lactic acid test cost in Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for lactate (lactic acid) blood test: from $12.00 to $78.00, with a median of $43.95. The lowest price is at Hospital de la Concepcion (San German). The highest price is 6.5× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 83605. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$12.00Hospital de la Concepcion

Median$43.95half of hospitals charge less

Highest$78.00in Puerto Rico

Lowest saves$31.95vs the median

Hospitals in Puerto Rico, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Hospital de la Concepcion lowest San German · Mayagüez, PR Glucose 1 hr pst glu 50gm gluc	$12.00	$12.00	Dec 26, 2024 source file
Bella Vista Hospital Mayaguez · Mayagüez, PR LACTIC ACID IN BLOOD	$28.00	$28.00	— source file
Mayaguez Medical Center Mayaguez · Mayagüez, PR Lactate	$43.95	$43.95	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Doctors' Center Hospital - Bayamon Bayamon · San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Assay Of Lactic Acid	$78.00	$78.00	— source file
Doctors' Center Hospital - San Juan Santurce · San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Lactate (Lactic Acid)	$78.00	$78.00	— source file

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro area	Hospitals	Lowest	Median
Mayagüez, PR	3	$12.00	$28.00
San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR	2	$78.00	$78.00

Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.

Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.

Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.

Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What it is

A lactic acid test measures lactate in the blood. It is used mainly in the emergency department and hospital to look for sepsis, shock or poor blood flow to tissues.

What the price covers

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

Lactate (lactic acid) blood test in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.