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
IRON STAIN - HEMATOLOGY
Schenectady, NY
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Ellis Hospital’s median price of $39 is 440% above the median hospital's median price ($7), higher than 97% of the 1,410 hospitals reporting CPT 85536. 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, 7 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 facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $7 | — | — | — | $7 – $7 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield senior facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $7 | — | — | — | $7 – $7 |
| 3 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7 | $7 | — | — | — | $7 – $7 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $62 | $62 | — | — | — | $62 – $62 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $62 | $62 | — | — | — | $62 – $62 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $65 | $65 | — | — | — | $65 – $65 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $66 | $66 | — | — | — | $66 – $66 |
Last updated: Jun 25, 2026
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