Cortisol (CPT 82533) Cost in Kentucky
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 81 Kentucky hospitals. CPT 82533. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $61.00
📉 Low $9.60
📈 High $283
🏥 81 hospitals
🏛️ 70 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Kentucky
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 81 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | Humana | Centene | Cigna | Molina | MultiPlan | Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTON WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$9.60 | $7.92 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $17.86 | — | $37.44 | — |
| NORTON AUDUBON HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$9.60 | $7.92 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $17.86 | — | $37.44 | — |
| NORTON HEALTHCARE PAVILION LOUISVILLE |
$9.60 | $7.92 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $17.86 | — | $37.44 | — |
| NORTON BROWNSBORO HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$9.60 | $7.92 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $17.86 | — | $37.44 | — |
| NORTON WEST LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$9.60 | $7.92 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $17.86 | — | $37.44 | — |
| NORTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$9.60 | $7.92 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $30.10 | — | $40.80 | — |
| MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL LIBERTY ROAD WEST LIBERTY |
$20.40 | $8.84 | $7.14 | $7.14 | $7.21 | — | $7.28 | — | — |
| WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL HOSPITAL ROAD WHITESBURG |
$20.40 | $16.30 | $9.86 | $16.30 | $8.50 | — | $16.30 | — | — |
| MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL MCDOWELL |
$20.40 | $12.58 | $5.78 | $5.78 | $5.78 | — | $5.90 | — | — |
| ARH OUR LADY OF THE WAY MAIN STREET MARTIN |
$20.40 | — | $6.80 | $6.80 | $6.80 | — | $6.94 | — | — |
| BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE HOSPITAL DRIVE MADISONVILLE |
$24.91 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $16.30 | $76.34 | — |
| JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER HOPKINSVILLE |
$26.52 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $15.00 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $72.69 | — |
| TRIGG COUNTY HOSPITAL CADIZ |
$30.96 | $22.45 | $23.99 | $22.00 | $38.84 | — | — | — | $22.00 |
| CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MARION |
$34.80 | $16.30 | $51.00 | — | $35.04 | $51.00 | — | — | $16.30 |
| DEACONESS UNION COUNTY HOSPITAL MORGANFIELD |
$35.00 | $9.78 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $13.42 | $27.04 | $16.30 | $27.04 | — |
| DEACONESS HENDERSON HOSPITAL HENDERSON |
$35.00 | $9.78 | $16.30 | $15.16 | $13.42 | $60.00 | $16.30 | $27.04 | $16.30 |
| EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL LEXINGTON |
$36.98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER PIKEVILLE |
$41.10 | — | — | — | $22.82 | — | — | — | — |
| ST. ELIZABETH FLORENCE FLORENCE |
$48.90 | $16.63 | $39.12 | — | $16.30 | $11.18 | — | — | — |
| ST. ELIZABETH FT. THOMAS FT. THOMAS |
$48.90 | $16.63 | $39.12 | — | $16.30 | $11.18 | — | — | — |
| ST. ELIZABETH COVINGTON COVINGTON |
$48.90 | $16.63 | $39.12 | — | $16.30 | $11.18 | — | — | — |
| ST. ELIZABETH GRANT HOSPITAL WILLIAMSTOWN |
$48.90 | $16.63 | $39.12 | — | $16.30 | $11.18 | — | — | — |
| ST. ELIZABETH EDGEWOOD EDGEWOOD |
$48.90 | $16.63 | $39.12 | — | $16.30 | $11.18 | — | — | — |
| FLEMING COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION DRIVE FLEMINGSBURG |
$49.44 | $19.38 | $22.60 | $20.00 | — | — | — | $80.00 | $20.00 |
| MARY BRECKINRIDGE ARH HOSPITAL KATE IRELAND DR HAYDEN |
$49.80 | $15.77 | $12.45 | $12.45 | $12.57 | — | $12.70 | — | — |
| HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE HAZARD |
$49.80 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $16.30 | — | — |
| PAINTSVILLE ARH HOSPITAL JAMES S TRIMBLE BLVD PAINTSVILLE |
$49.80 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $16.30 | — | — |
| BARBOURVILLE ARH HOSPITAL HOSPITAL DR BARBOURVILLE |
$49.80 | $16.30 | $14.11 | $14.11 | $14.25 | — | $14.39 | — | — |
| MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL W CUMBERLAND AVENUE MIDDLESBORO |
$49.80 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $16.30 | — | — |
| HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL BALL PARK ROAD HARLAN |
$49.80 | $16.30 | $13.28 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $13.55 | — | — |
| HIGHLANDS ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PRESTONSBURG |
$49.80 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $16.30 | — | — |
| TUG VALLEY ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL DRIVE SOUTH WILLIAMSON |
$49.80 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $16.30 | — | — |
| MERCY HEALTH - LOURDES HOSPITAL PADUCAH |
$53.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OWENSBORO HEALTH MUHLENBERG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENVILLE |
$58.48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OWENSBORO HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL OWENSBORO |
$59.04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OWENSBORO HEALTH TWIN LAKES MEDICAL CENTER LEITCHFIELD |
$59.61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| THE MEDICAL CENTER AT ALBANY ALBANY |
$61.00 | $18.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $44.67 | — | — | $18.91 |
| THE MEDICAL CENTER AT RUSSELLVILLE RUSSELLVILLE |
$61.00 | $7.39 | $7.32 | $7.76 | — | $48.80 | — | — | — |
| THE MEDICAL CENTER AT SCOTTSVILLE SCOTTSVILLE |
$61.00 | $12.81 | $12.81 | $12.94 | — | $44.47 | — | — | $12.81 |
| THE MEDICAL CENTER AT FRANKLIN FRANKLIN |
$61.00 | $14.64 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $44.56 | — | — | $16.47 |
| THE MEDICAL CENTER AT CAVERNA HORSE CAVE |
$61.00 | $14.64 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $44.56 | — | — | $16.47 |
| THE MEDICAL CENTER AT BOWLING GREEN BOWLING GREEN |
$61.00 | $12.94 | $12.81 | $13.07 | — | $32.64 | — | — | — |
| UOFL HEALTH - SHELBYVILLE HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE |
$61.56 | $16.30 | $15.49 | $15.27 | $16.63 | $26.57 | — | — | — |
| MARSHALL COUNTY HOSPITAL BENTON |
$62.70 | $39.50 | — | $38.71 | — | — | — | — | $38.71 |
| UOFL HEALTH - MARY & ELIZABETH HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$63.72 | $16.30 | $15.49 | $15.27 | $16.63 | $26.57 | — | — | — |
| CENTERPOINT HEALTH - PARIS LINVILLE DRIVE PARIS |
$66.82 | $54.00 | $34.80 | $29.19 | $100 | $92.00 | — | $92.00 | $100 |
| WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL HOSPITAL STREET MONTICELLO |
$75.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SAINT JOSEPH BEREA BEREA |
$80.03 | $16.30 | $16.47 | $16.30 | $16.63 | $115 | $16.63 | $151 | — |
| SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING MT. STERLING |
$80.26 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | $16.30 | $199 | — |
| KINGS DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER ASHLAND |
$83.90 | $130 | $155 | — | — | — | $17.93 | $189 | — |
| CARROLL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CARROLLTON |
$84.00 | $44.80 | — | $16.30 | $16.30 | — | — | — | $15.97 |
| JACKSON PURCHASE MEDICAL CENTER MAYFIELD |
$84.93 | $16.30 | $100 | $100 | $100 | — | $105 | $85.00 | $100 |
| CHI SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AT SAINT JOSEPH EAST LEXINGTON |
$89.98 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $143 | $16.30 | $204 | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE AT JEWISH HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$95.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EPHRAIM MCDOWELL JAMES B. HAGGIN HOSPITAL HARRODSBURG |
$98.00 | $1.00 | $27.44 | $27.44 | — | $1.00 | — | — | $27.44 |
| CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER PRINCETON |
$98.60 | $43.39 | $16.30 | $11.77 | $65.08 | $112 | $47.33 | — | $15.97 |
| CHI HEALTH SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL LEXINGTON |
$106 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $141 | $16.30 | $204 | — |
| CHI SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BARDSTOWN |
$107 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $184 | $16.30 | $229 | — |
| CENTERPOINT HEALTH - VERSAILLES AMSDEN AVENUE VERSAILLES |
$111 | $30.60 | $30.90 | $30.30 | $30.00 | — | — | $88.00 | $30.00 |
| CHI HEALTH SAINT JOSEPH JESSAMINE NICHOLASVILLE |
$113 | $16.63 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $172 | $16.30 | $204 | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 82533, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $84.60 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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That is the median of what the 81 Kentucky hospitals above publish for Cortisol — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does cortisol cost in Kentucky?
- Cash prices for cortisol (CPT 82533) in Kentucky range from $9.60 to $283, with a median of $61.00. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest cortisol in Kentucky?
- The cheapest Kentucky hospital published cash price for this procedure is $9.60. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Kentucky facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 82533 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.