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
Breaux Bridge, LA
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St Martin Hospital Inc’s median price of $15 is 13% above the median hospital's median price ($13), higher than 54% 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, 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 Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 3 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.47 | $6.47 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $15.84 | $11.37 | $2.42 – $15.84 |
| 6 | Bcbs La all payor other · outpatient | $15.84 | $11.37 | $2.42 – $15.84 |
| 7 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $15.84 | $11.37 | $2.42 – $15.84 |
| 8 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $15.84 | $11.37 | $2.42 – $15.84 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $15.84 | $11.37 | $2.42 – $15.84 |
| 10 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $15.84 | $11.37 | $2.42 – $15.84 |
| 11 | Tricare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $18.37 | $13.18 | $2.81 – $18.37 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $15.28 | $15.28 | $14.64 – $15.91 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $61.20 | $43.92 | $9.35 – $61.20 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $65.52 | $47.02 | $10.01 – $65.52 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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