Hemoglobin test cost in Kentucky
In Kentucky, 77 hospitals publish a cash price for hemoglobin blood test: from $3.90 to $334.60, with a median of $26.83. The lowest price is at T J Samson Community Hospital (Glasgow). The highest price is 85.8× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 85018. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$3.90T J Samson Community Hospital
Median$26.83half of hospitals charge less
Highest$334.60in Kentucky
Lowest saves$22.93vs the median
Hospitals in Kentucky, cheapest first
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 13 | $7.60 | $14.80 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 8 | $15.20 | $30.23 |
| Corbin, KY | 4 | $23.91 | $34.72 |
| Pikeville, KY | 4 | $24.60 | $57.90 |
| Richmond-Berea, KY | 4 | $19.77 | $24.22 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 3 | $4.67 | $5.40 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 3 | $20.70 | $21.60 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 2 | $16.48 | $23.39 |
| Middlesborough, KY | 2 | $28.60 | $41.60 |
| Albany, KY | 1 | $5.40 | $5.40 |
| Burkesville, KY | 1 | $22.50 | $22.50 |
| Carrollton, KY | 1 | $15.60 | $15.60 |
| Columbia, KY | 1 | $19.50 | $19.50 |
| Cynthiana, KY | 1 | $31.68 | $31.68 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 1 | $7.11 | $7.11 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $17.98 | $17.98 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 1 | $26.83 | $26.83 |
| Flemingsburg, KY | 1 | $18.46 | $18.46 |
| Frankfort, KY | 1 | $204.37 | $204.37 |
| Glasgow, KY | 1 | $3.90 | $3.90 |
| Hardinsburg, KY | 1 | $60.50 | $60.50 |
| Harlan, KY | 1 | $55.20 | $55.20 |
| Hartford, KY | 1 | $4.50 | $4.50 |
| Hayden, KY | 1 | $67.20 | $67.20 |
| Hazard, KY | 1 | $50.40 | $50.40 |
| Horse Cave, KY | 1 | $5.40 | $5.40 |
| Jackson, KY | 1 | $41.93 | $41.93 |
| Lebanon, KY | 1 | $71.20 | $71.20 |
| Liberty, KY | 1 | $24.00 | $24.00 |
| Louisville, KY | 1 | $14.80 | $14.80 |
| Maysville, KY | 1 | $46.64 | $46.64 |
| Monticello, KY | 1 | $16.06 | $16.06 |
| Morehead, KY | 1 | $99.00 | $99.00 |
| Morganfield, KY | 1 | $21.15 | $21.15 |
| Madisonville, KY | 1 | $4.69 | $4.69 |
| Mayfield, KY | 1 | $29.80 | $29.80 |
| Mount Sterling, KY | 1 | $17.23 | $17.23 |
| Murray, KY | 1 | $230.75 | $230.75 |
| Paintsville, KY | 1 | $55.20 | $55.20 |
| Russellville, KY | 1 | $5.40 | $5.40 |
| Tompkinsville, KY | 1 | $9.13 | $9.13 |
| West Liberty, KY | 1 | $60.60 | $60.60 |
| Whitesburg, KY | 1 | $54.60 | $54.60 |
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 hemoglobin test measures the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. It is used to check for anemia or bleeding and to follow treatment.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
Hemoglobin blood test in other states
- Alabama$17.50
- Alaska$46.80
- Arizona$20.95
- Arkansas$11.36
- California$40.32
- Colorado$39.39
- Connecticut$16.89
- Delaware$35.96
- District of Columbia$49.50
- Florida$54.60
- Georgia$23.08
- Hawaii$25.90
- Idaho$15.75
- Illinois$31.85
- Indiana$18.69
- Iowa$28.40
- Kansas$21.42
- Louisiana$10.41
- Maine$14.60
- Maryland$11.25
- Massachusetts$16.50
- Michigan$16.00
- Minnesota$33.00
- Mississippi$16.20
- Missouri$27.72
- Montana$25.00
- Nebraska$34.00
- Nevada$45.50
- New Hampshire$21.83
- New Jersey$6.80
- New Mexico$40.20
- New York$14.43
- North Carolina$27.85
- North Dakota$23.20
- Ohio$16.20
- Oklahoma$20.02
- Oregon$17.25
- Pennsylvania$18.60
- Puerto Rico$8.62
- Rhode Island$20.65
- South Carolina$37.90
- South Dakota$44.20
- Tennessee$20.02
- Texas$47.00
- Utah$88.39
- Vermont$22.54
- Virginia$18.00
- Washington$29.40
- West Virginia$13.25
- Wisconsin$17.50
- Wyoming$28.64
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.