CPT code 82627: DHEA-S, sulfated hormone level2026 Medicare lab fee · Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
Measures blood DHEA-S to assess adrenal androgen production, often during evaluation of hirsutism, virilization, or other signs of androgen excess.
Medicare pays $22.23 for 82627 under the 2026 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: one national amount, the same in every state and setting.
Medicare lab fee · CLFS 2026 Q4
National CLFS amount
$22.23
In effect since Jan 1, 2026. The same amount in every state, payment locality and setting.
- Geographic adjustment
- None
- Office vs facility
- Same
- Since 2020
- Unchanged
- CMS updates
- Quarterly
Medicare pays the lesser of the lab’s charge and this amount. Patients usually owe no Part B deductible or coinsurance for covered clinical lab tests.
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What 82627 covers
This blood test measures dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S), an androgen produced mainly by the adrenal glands. It is commonly ordered when evaluating hirsutism, virilization, irregular menstrual cycles, or other signs of androgen excess, and can help assess whether excess androgen may have an adrenal source. Endocrinologists, gynecologists, and primary care clinicians may order it as part of an endocrine evaluation.
Report 82627 for the DHEA-S measurement performed on a patient specimen; distinguish it from testing for unconjugated DHEA. Medicare pays the test through the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, with one national amount across localities and no office-versus-facility difference. The 2026 national CLFS amount is $22.23, unchanged since 2020. The test is paid only from the CLFS.
This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule data. Amounts on this page come directly from CMS files.
How Medicare pays 82627
Clinical lab tests aren’t priced like physician services. They’re paid from their own fee schedule, with its own rules. See the whole lab fee schedule.
One national amount
CMS sets a single Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule amount for 82627. There’s no geographic (GPCI) adjustment, so it pays the same in every state and payment locality.
No office or facility rate
Lab tests aren’t built from relative value units, so there’s no office and facility split: the place of service doesn’t change the CLFS amount.
Updated every quarter
CMS republishes the CLFS each quarter. New tests, often proprietary laboratory analyses (PLA codes), join during the year; existing amounts are updated each January.
Excluded from the physician fee schedule
The physician fee schedule lists 82627 with status X (excluded by statute), so the test itself is paid only from the CLFS.
82627 on the lab fee schedule since 2020
82627 · CLFS 2026 Q4 (current)
$22.23
Unchanged since Jan 1, 2020
27 quarterly CLFS releases on file, first CLFS 2020 Q1. A code missing from a quarter wasn’t on that release.
82627 compared with similar tests
- 82626DHEA testDHEA, not DHEA-S$25.27
- Use 82627 for DHEA-S. Use 82626 when the test measures unconjugated DHEA.
- 84403TestosteroneTotal hormone level$25.81
- 84403 measures total testosterone, not DHEA-S. These tests may be ordered together, but represent different hormones.
- 84402Free testosteroneUnbound hormone fraction$25.47
- 84402 measures free testosterone. It is not a substitute for the DHEA-S measurement reported with 82627.
82627 billing questions
How is 82627 different from 82626?
82627 measures DHEA-S, the sulfated form of the hormone. 82626 measures unconjugated DHEA.
When might DHEA-S be ordered with testosterone?
Clinicians may order both when evaluating signs of androgen excess. DHEA-S helps assess adrenal androgen production, while testosterone measures a different androgen.
What should the documentation support?
The record should identify the clinical reason for testing, such as hirsutism, virilization, or another sign prompting evaluation of androgen excess.
How does Medicare pay for 82627?
Medicare pays 82627 through the CLFS at one national amount that is the same across localities and in office and facility settings.
Where this amount comes from
FeeBase reads lab amounts directly from the CMS Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule file for the quarter: one row per code, with its payment indicator and national amount. Contractor-priced tests are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare payment limits, not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.
CMS CLFS 2026 Q4 · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027
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