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.
Original text from hospital filings
H BLOOD COUNT HEMOGLOBIN
Chicago, IL
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago’s median price of $72 is 1359% above the median hospital's median price ($5), higher than 97% of the 2,618 hospitals reporting CPT 85018. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 42 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 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $15.30 | $15.30 | $15.30 – $15.30 |
| 2 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $37.80 | $37.80 | $37.80 – $37.80 |
| 3 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $37.80 | $37.80 | $37.80 – $37.80 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $38.97 | $38.97 | $38.97 – $38.97 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $41.04 | $41.04 | $41.04 – $41.04 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $45.00 | $45.00 | $45.00 – $45.00 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $45.00 | $45.00 | $45.00 – $45.00 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $47.70 | $47.70 | $47.70 – $47.70 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $47.70 | $47.70 | $47.70 – $47.70 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield unified physicians network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $50.40 | $50.40 | $50.40 – $50.40 |
| 11 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $51.84 | $51.84 | $51.84 – $51.84 |
| 12 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $51.84 | $51.84 | $51.84 – $51.84 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $54.00 | $54.00 | $54.00 – $54.00 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $54.00 | $54.00 | $54.00 – $54.00 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $54.00 | $54.00 | $54.00 – $54.00 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $54.00 | $54.00 | $54.00 – $54.00 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $58.50 | $58.50 | $58.50 – $58.50 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $58.50 | $58.50 | $58.50 – $58.50 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $63.00 | $63.00 | $63.00 – $63.00 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $63.00 | $63.00 | $63.00 – $63.00 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $63.00 | $63.00 | $63.00 – $63.00 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $63.00 | $63.00 | $63.00 – $63.00 |
| 23 | Cigna cigna percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $63.90 | $63.90 | $63.90 – $63.90 |
| 24 | Cigna cigna percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $63.90 | $63.90 | $63.90 – $63.90 |
| 25 | Aetna aetna percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $70.47 | $70.47 | $70.47 – $70.47 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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