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
TOTAL IRON BINDING CAPACITY W IRON (IRON)
Washington, DC
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Children's National Rehabilitation and Specialized Care’s median price of $253 is 1856% above the median hospital's median price ($13), higher than 99% 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: 5 payers, 14 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 | Aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.72 | $5.72 | $5.72 – $5.72 |
| 2 | Kaiser managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $188.10 | $188.10 | $188.10 – $188.10 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $188.10 | $188.10 | $188.10 – $188.10 |
| 4 | Carefirst hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $232.56 | $232.56 | $232.56 – $232.56 |
| 5 | Carefirst hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $232.56 | $232.56 | $232.56 – $232.56 |
| 6 | Carefirst ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $253.08 | $253.08 | $253.08 – $253.08 |
| 7 | Carefirst ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $253.08 | $253.08 | $253.08 – $253.08 |
| 8 | Kaiser commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $266.76 | $266.76 | $266.76 – $266.76 |
| 9 | Kaiser commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $266.76 | $266.76 | $266.76 – $266.76 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $270.00 | $270.00 | $270.00 – $270.00 |
| 11 | Kaiser managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $290.70 | $290.70 | $290.70 – $290.70 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $290.70 | $290.70 | $290.70 – $290.70 |
| 13 | Anthem commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $324.90 | $324.90 | $324.90 – $324.90 |
| 14 | Anthem commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $324.90 | $324.90 | $324.90 – $324.90 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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