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 IRON, LIVER TISSUE - RL
Jennings, LA
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Ochsner American Legion Hospital, LLC’s median price of $6 is 50% below the median hospital's median price ($13), higher than 4% 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, 11 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 | Tricare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.44 | $6.44 | $6.44 – $6.44 |
| 2 | Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 4 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 5 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 7 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 8 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $9.38 | $9.38 | $6.47 – $12.29 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $13.71 | $11.62 | $3.24 – $13.71 |
| 10 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $12.72 | $12.72 | $12.72 – $12.72 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $18.55 | $18.55 | $16.10 – $21.00 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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