Lab tests CPT 83540 Outpatient

Iron test cost in Allentown, PA

In Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, 1 hospital lists a cash price for iron blood test (serum iron): from $7.44 to $7.44, with a median of $7.44. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $45.90 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 83540, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$7.44Hackettstown Medical Center
Median$7.44half pay less
Highest$7.44in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ.

median
Lowest $7.44Highest $182.88

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hackettstown Medical Center lowest Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 IRON $7.44 $108.00 — 93% —
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Hackettstown Medical Center Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 IRON $182.88 $3,626.00 — 95% —
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Outpatient: lowest $7.44, median $7.44, highest $7.44.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $7.44. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

A serum iron test measures the iron carried in the blood. It is usually ordered with iron-binding capacity and ferritin to check for iron deficiency or iron overload.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.