Lipase test cost in Texas

In Texas, 301 hospitals publish a cash price for lipase blood test (pancreas enzyme): from $4.35 to $1,502.02, with a median of $74.90. The lowest price is at CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin (Lufkin) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 345.3× the lowest.

• The median here, $74.90, is 17% above the US median of $63.95.
• That is 10.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($6.89).
• Texas ranks 33rd of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 78 of 300 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 83690. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map