AST liver test cost in New York
In New York, 64 hospitals publish a cash price for AST (aspartate aminotransferase) enzyme test: from $5.03 to $273.24, with a median of $22.08. The lowest price is at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (Buffalo) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 54.3× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 84450. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 24, 2026.
Lowest$5.03Mercy Hospital of Buffalo + 2 more
Median$22.08half pay less
Highest$273.24in New York
Lowest saves$17.05vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo lowest Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Transferase Aspartate Amino (Ast) (Sgot) - Ast (Sgot) | $5.03 | $12.00 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital lowest Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Transferase Aspartate Amino (Ast) (Sgot) - Ast (Sgot) | $5.03 | $12.00 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital lowest Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Transferase Aspartate Amino (Ast) (Sgot) - Ast (Sgot) | $5.03 | $12.00 | — source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG TRANSFERASE ASPARTATE AMINO AST SGOT | $5.18 | $13.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC TRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINO (AST) (SGOT) | $5.18 | $21.66 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG TRANSFERASE ASPARTATE AMINO AST SGOT | $5.18 | $13.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC TRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINO (AST) (SGOT) | $5.18 | $21.66 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC TRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINO (AST) (SGOT) | $5.18 | $21.66 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG TRANSFERASE ASPARTATE AMINO AST SGOT | $5.18 | $13.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY HC Quest 91979 Ast/Sgot | $5.20 | $8.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC TRANSFERASE (AST) (SGOT) | $6.22 | $48.82 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC TRANSFERASE (AST) (SGOT) | $6.22 | $48.82 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC TRANSFERASE (AST) (SGOT) | $6.22 | $48.82 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC TRANSFERASE (AST) (SGOT) | $6.22 | $48.82 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville · Rochester, NY HB Transferase Aspartate Amino Ast Sgot | $12.00 | — | — source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY AST P8027 | $12.60 | $21.00 | — source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY TRANSFERASE (AST) (SGOT) | $14.86 | $21.23 | — source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY HB Transferase Aspartate Amino Ast Sgot | $16.00 | — | — source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ LIVER ENZYME (SGOT); LEVEL | $16.00 | $16.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ LIVER ENZYME (SGOT); LEVEL | $16.00 | $16.00 | — source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Transferase Aspartate Amino (Ast) (Sgot) - Ast (Sgot) | $17.22 | $86.10 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Transferase Aspartate Amino (Ast) (Sgot) - Ast (Sgot) | $18.69 | $93.45 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC TRANSFERASE_ ASPARTATE AMINO _AST_ _SGOT_ | $18.74 | $28.83 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC TRANSFERASE_ ASPARTATE AMINO _AST_ _SGOT_ | $18.74 | $28.83 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC TRANSFERASE_ ASPARTATE AMINO _AST_ _SGOT_ | $18.74 | $28.83 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC TRANSFERASE_ ASPARTATE AMINO _AST_ _SGOT_ | $18.74 | $28.83 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY HB Transferase Aspartate Amino Ast Sgot | $19.00 | — | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Chem Se Sgot | $20.41 | $29.15 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Transferase Aspartate Amino (Ast) (Sgot) - Ast (Sgot) | $21.87 | $109.33 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC Transferase Aspartate Amino (Ast) (Sgot) - Ast (Sgot) | $21.87 | $109.33 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Transferase Aspartate Amino (Ast) (Sgot) - Ast (Sgot) | $21.87 | $109.33 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE | $22.05 | $49.72 | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC External Ast/Sgot | $22.10 | $34.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC TRANSFERASE_ ASPARTATE AMINO _AST_ _SGOT_ | $23.06 | $28.83 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY HB Transferase Aspartate Amino Ast Sgot | $24.00 | — | — source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ AST FLUID | $26.00 | $26.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HB Transferase Aspartate Amino Ast Sgot | $27.20 | — | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HB Transferase Aspartate Amino Ast Sgot | $27.20 | — | — source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY HC AST (SGOT) | $27.30 | $35.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse · Syracuse, NY 84450 TRANSFERASE ASPARTATE AMINO AST SGOT_01 | $31.00 | $31.00 | — source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Rasburicase Uric Acid Plasma | $39.19 | $39.19 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC TRANSFERASE_ ASPARTATE AMINO _AST_ _SGOT_ | $54.88 | $84.43 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY SGOT | $60.48 | $75.60 | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Transferase Ast Sgot | $63.00 | $70.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Transferase Ast Sgot | $63.00 | $70.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Transferase Ast Sgot | $63.00 | $70.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Transferase Ast Sgot | $63.00 | $70.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Transferase Ast Sgot | $63.00 | $70.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC TRANSFERASE_ ASPARTATE AMINO _AST_ _SGOT_ | $69.08 | $106.28 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC TRANSFERASE_ ASPARTATE AMINO _AST_ _SGOT_ | $70.33 | $108.20 | — source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Ast/Sgot | $74.10 | $114.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Sunnyview Rehab Hospital Schenectady · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Ast/Sgot | $74.10 | $114.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ TRANSFERASE (AST) (SGOT) | $78.20 | $92.00 | — source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY HC - TRANSFERASE ASPARTATE AMINO AST SGOT | $95.00 | $95.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY HC - TRANSFERASE ASPARTATE AMINO AST SGOT | $96.00 | $96.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ LIVER ENZYME (SGOT); LEVEL | $108.95 | $108.95 | — source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ LIVER ENZYME (SGOT); LEVEL | $109.00 | $109.00 | — source file |
| St Johns Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ TRANSFERASE (AST) (SGOT) | $126.88 | $126.88 | — source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Transferase Aspartate Amino (Ast) (Sgot) - Ast (Sgot) | $127.00 | $127.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Transferase Aspartate Amino (Ast) (Sgot) - Ast (Sgot) | $127.00 | $127.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY SGOT | $130.62 | $163.28 | — source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY HC - TRANSFERASE ASPARTATE AMINO AST SGOT | $189.00 | $189.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ LIVER ENZYME (SGOT); LEVEL | $230.18 | $230.18 | — source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ BLOOD-SGOT | $273.24 | $303.60 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 27 | $5.18 | $26.00 |
| Rochester, NY | 8 | $12.00 | $18.74 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 6 | $5.03 | $9.94 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 3 | $22.10 | $74.10 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $21.87 | $24.00 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 3 | $54.88 | $69.08 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $21.87 | $21.87 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $12.60 | $19.95 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2 | $5.20 | $18.10 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $18.74 | $18.74 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $60.48 | $60.48 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $189.00 | $189.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $17.22 | $17.22 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $95.00 | $95.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $18.69 | $18.69 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $96.00 | $96.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $19.00 | $19.00 |
What it is
AST is an enzyme found in the liver, muscles and heart. It is measured together with ALT to look for liver injury, and the ratio between them gives clues to the cause.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
AST (aspartate aminotransferase) enzyme test in other states
- Alabama$114.25
- Alaska$15.81
- Arizona$14.40
- Arkansas$29.25
- California$45.36
- Colorado$32.48
- Connecticut$22.91
- Delaware$84.00
- Florida$34.95
- Georgia$31.50
- Hawaii$31.20
- Idaho$23.00
- Illinois$33.65
- Indiana$27.75
- Iowa$35.75
- Kansas$31.85
- Kentucky$66.42
- Louisiana$21.84
- Maine$28.12
- Maryland$6.26
- Massachusetts$26.00
- Michigan$19.93
- Minnesota$38.13
- Mississippi$34.23
- Missouri$33.48
- Montana$35.20
- Nebraska$45.36
- Nevada$36.95
- New Hampshire$36.56
- New Jersey$5.96
- New Mexico$65.28
- North Carolina$43.40
- North Dakota$40.44
- Ohio$23.70
- Oklahoma$37.93
- Oregon$26.00
- Pennsylvania$36.30
- Puerto Rico$8.00
- Rhode Island$34.00
- South Carolina$42.50
- South Dakota$44.00
- Tennessee$16.28
- Texas$45.00
- Utah$66.11
- Vermont$63.00
- Virginia$9.60
- Washington$35.10
- West Virginia$34.00
- Wisconsin$47.45
- Wyoming$24.00
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.