Uric acid test cost in New York
In New York, 64 hospitals publish a cash price for uric acid blood test: from $4.52 to $273.24, with a median of $23.52. The lowest price is at Jacobi Medical Center (Bronx) and 8 other hospitals. The highest price is 60.5× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 84550. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 24, 2026.
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobi Medical Center lowest Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC URIC ACID; BLOOD | $4.52 | $18.94 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center lowest Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $4.52 | $11.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo lowest Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Assay of Uric Acid, Blood - Uric Acid | $4.52 | $11.00 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital lowest Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Assay of Uric Acid, Blood - Uric Acid | $4.52 | $11.00 | — source file |
| NYC New York City Health and Hospitals lowest New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC URIC ACID; BLOOD | $4.52 | $18.94 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals lowest New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC URIC ACID; BLOOD | $4.52 | $18.94 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals lowest Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC URIC ACID; BLOOD | $4.52 | $18.94 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals lowest Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC URIC ACID; BLOOD | $4.52 | $18.94 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital lowest Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Assay of Uric Acid, Blood - Uric Acid | $4.52 | $11.00 | — source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $5.42 | $55.79 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $5.42 | $55.79 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $5.42 | $55.79 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital?Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $5.42 | $32.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $8.39 | $11.99 | — source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY URIC ACID | $10.80 | $18.00 | — source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville · Rochester, NY HB Assay of Blood/Uric Acid | $12.00 | — | — source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ URIC ACID LEVEL; BLOOD | $14.00 | $14.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ URIC ACID LEVEL; BLOOD | $14.00 | $14.00 | — source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY HB Assay of Blood/Uric Acid | $15.00 | — | — source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY HB Assay of Blood/Uric Acid | $16.00 | — | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Chem Se Uric Acd-Smc | $16.34 | $23.33 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC URIC ACID_ BLOOD | $16.35 | $25.16 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC URIC ACID_ BLOOD | $16.35 | $25.16 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC URIC ACID_ BLOOD | $16.35 | $25.16 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC URIC ACID_ BLOOD | $16.35 | $25.16 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY URIC ACID SERUM | $19.12 | $39.18 | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Assay of Uric Acid, Blood - Uric Acid | $19.32 | $96.60 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC URIC ACID_ BLOOD | $20.13 | $25.16 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Assay of Uric Acid, Blood - Uric Acid | $20.16 | $100.80 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse · Syracuse, NY 84550 ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID_01 | $21.00 | $21.00 | — source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Assay of Uric Acid, Blood - Uric Acid | $23.52 | $117.58 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC Assay of Uric Acid, Blood - Uric Acid | $23.52 | $117.58 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Assay of Uric Acid, Blood - Uric Acid | $23.52 | $117.58 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HB Assay of Blood/Uric Acid | $23.80 | — | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HB Assay of Blood/Uric Acid | $23.80 | — | — source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ASSAY BLOOD URIC ACID | $24.00 | $24.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY HC URIC ACID BLOOD | $24.18 | $31.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY HC Uric Acid Blood | $25.35 | $39.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY HB Assay of Blood/Uric Acid | $26.00 | — | — source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Uric Acid, Plasma | $39.19 | $39.19 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC URIC ACID_ BLOOD | $42.34 | $65.14 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $45.63 | $45.63 | — source file |
| Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC URIC ACID_ BLOOD | $55.68 | $85.66 | — source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Uric Acid Blood | $59.15 | $91.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Uric Acid Blood | $59.15 | $91.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Sunnyview Rehab Hospital Schenectady · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Uric Acid Blood | $59.15 | $91.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC URIC ACID_ BLOOD | $59.96 | $92.25 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY Uric Acid | $62.40 | $78.00 | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Assay of Blood/Uric Acid | $63.00 | $70.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Blood Uric Acid | $63.00 | $70.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Blood Uric Acid | $63.00 | $70.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Blood Uric Acid | $63.00 | $70.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Blood Uric Acid | $63.00 | $70.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY Uric Acid | $79.87 | $99.84 | — source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $79.90 | $79.90 | — source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $97.75 | $115.00 | — source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY HC - ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $99.00 | $99.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ URIC ACID LEVEL; BLOOD | $99.21 | $99.21 | — source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ URIC ACID LEVEL; BLOOD | $119.00 | $119.00 | — source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Assay of Uric Acid, Blood - Uric Acid | $126.00 | $126.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Floor Hauppauge · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Assay of Uric Acid, Blood - Uric Acid | $126.00 | $126.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY HC - ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $147.00 | $147.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY HC - ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID | $177.00 | $177.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ BLOOD-URIC ACID | $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 | $4.52 | $24.00 |
| Rochester, NY | 8 | $12.00 | $16.35 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 6 | $4.52 | $6.46 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 3 | $59.15 | $59.15 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $23.52 | $26.00 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 3 | $42.34 | $55.68 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $23.52 | $23.52 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $10.80 | $17.49 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2 | $21.00 | $23.18 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $16.35 | $16.35 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $62.40 | $62.40 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $177.00 | $177.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $19.32 | $19.32 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $147.00 | $147.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $20.16 | $20.16 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $99.00 | $99.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $16.00 | $16.00 |
What it is
A uric acid test measures uric acid in the blood. It is used to diagnose and monitor gout, to look into kidney stones and to watch levels during some cancer treatments.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
Uric acid blood test in other states
- Alabama$111.25
- Alaska$35.40
- Arizona$26.60
- Arkansas$40.33
- California$61.20
- Colorado$73.73
- Connecticut$22.89
- Delaware$62.16
- Florida$54.60
- Georgia$74.49
- Hawaii$27.00
- Idaho$20.00
- Illinois$45.00
- Indiana$52.98
- Iowa$30.89
- Kansas$48.75
- Kentucky$55.98
- Louisiana$18.37
- Maine$24.83
- Maryland$6.34
- Massachusetts$21.89
- Michigan$20.00
- Minnesota$29.04
- Mississippi$34.23
- Missouri$27.00
- Montana$30.00
- Nebraska$16.10
- Nevada$34.88
- New Hampshire$40.32
- New Jersey$5.20
- New Mexico$58.84
- North Carolina$60.85
- North Dakota$39.20
- Ohio$31.50
- Oklahoma$25.25
- Oregon$22.50
- Pennsylvania$30.30
- Puerto Rico$7.00
- Rhode Island$36.60
- South Carolina$88.00
- South Dakota$38.40
- Tennessee$14.63
- Texas$70.34
- Utah$67.09
- Vermont$65.25
- Virginia$55.50
- Washington$33.60
- West Virginia$30.00
- Wisconsin$46.64
- Wyoming$8.99
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.