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
HC HEAVY METAL NES QUANT - COBALT
Buda, TX
Price type
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda’s median price of $47 is 34% above the median hospital's median price ($35), higher than 63% of the 2,412 hospitals reporting CPT 83018. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jun 13, 2026
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