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 LAB QUANT IRON/MAYO
Houston, TX
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Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center’s median price of $12 is 7% below the median hospital's median price ($13), higher than 48% of the 2,615 hospitals reporting CPT 83540. 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, 41 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5.54 | $5.54 | $5.54 – $5.54 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|chip fee schedule · outpatient | $5.54 | $5.54 | $5.54 – $5.54 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $5.54 | $5.54 | $5.54 – $5.54 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5.70 | $5.70 | $5.70 – $5.70 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 7 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 8 | Humana medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 9 | Humana medicare|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 10 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.53 | $6.53 | $6.53 – $6.53 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.60 | $6.60 | $6.60 – $6.60 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.60 | $6.60 | $6.60 – $6.60 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|star fee schedule · outpatient | $7.44 | $7.44 | $7.44 – $7.44 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $7.76 | $7.76 | $7.76 – $7.76 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue advantage exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $8.99 | $8.99 | $8.99 – $8.99 |
| 16 | Superior Healthplan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $9.71 | $9.71 | $9.71 – $9.71 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $9.96 | $9.96 | $9.96 – $9.96 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|charter fee schedule · outpatient | $11.99 | $11.99 | $11.99 – $11.99 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $11.99 | $11.99 | $11.99 – $11.99 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $11.99 | $11.99 | $11.99 – $11.99 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $11.99 | $11.99 | $11.99 – $11.99 |
| 22 | Cigna commercial|surefit fee schedule · outpatient | $15.71 | $15.71 | $15.71 – $15.71 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $16.94 | $16.94 | $16.94 – $16.94 |
| 24 | Cigna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $17.33 | $17.33 | $17.33 – $17.33 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|premier fee schedule · outpatient | $18.70 | $18.70 | $18.70 – $18.70 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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