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
Blood count; hemoglobin (Hgb)
Houston, TX
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Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $6 is 14% above the median hospital's median price ($5), higher than 53% 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: 5 payers, 13 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 uhc hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.37 | $1.37 | $1.37 – $1.37 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.37 | $1.37 | $1.37 – $1.37 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.37 | $1.37 | $1.37 – $1.37 |
| 4 | Healthcare Highways healthcare highways facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.37 | $4.37 | $4.37 – $4.37 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna surefit facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.35 | $5.35 | $5.35 – $5.35 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.63 | $5.63 | $5.63 – $5.63 |
| 7 | Humana humana hmox facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.65 | $5.65 | $5.65 – $5.65 |
| 8 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $7.94 | $7.94 | $7.94 – $7.94 |
| 9 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $7.94 | $7.94 | $7.94 – $7.94 |
| 10 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $10.55 | $10.55 | $10.55 – $10.55 |
| 11 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $10.85 | $10.85 | $10.85 – $10.85 |
| 12 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $10.85 | $10.85 | $10.85 – $10.85 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $12.42 | $12.42 | $12.42 – $12.42 |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
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