Heavy metal blood test, quantitative, per metal at Affinity Hospital LLC

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

L71506 CO PL ICP/MS

Birmingham, AL

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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $167 is 374% above the median hospital's median price ($35), higher than 94% of the 2,396 hospitals reporting CPT 83018. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 83018 at Affinity Hospital LLC

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 payers, 22 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Tricare node tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$18	$18	—	—	—	$18 – $18
2	Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient	$19	$19	—	—	—	$19 – $19
3	UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$20	$20	—	—	—	$20 – $20
4	UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$20	$20	—	—	—	$20 – $20
5	Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
6	UnitedHealthcare node uhc mcr adv facility · per diem · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
7	Cigna Healthspring node cigna healthspring mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
8	Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
9	Optum node united optum va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
10	Aetna node aetna mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
11	Clover node clover health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
12	WellCare node wellcare mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
13	Aetna aetna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$25	$25	—	—	—	$25 – $25
14	WellCare node wellcare ambetter marketplace facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$33	$33	—	—	—	$33 – $33
15	Cigna cigna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$41	$41	—	—	—	$41 – $41
16	Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$250	$250	—	—	—	$250 – $250
17	First Health first health facility · other · outpatient	$333	$333	—	—	—	$333 – $333
18	MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$339	$339	—	—	—	$339 – $339
19	MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$344	$344	—	—	—	$344 – $344
20	MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$389	$389	—	—	—	$389 – $389
21	MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$389	$389	—	—	—	$389 – $389
22	First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$434	$434	—	—	—	$434 – $434

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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