Lab tests CPT 83540 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Iron test cost in Jackson, MS — inpatient

In Jackson, MS, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Iron blood test (serum iron) as an inpatient: from $33.21 to $107.73, with a median of $34.23. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo — $1.02 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $34.23 at 15 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 83540, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$33.21Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo
Median$34.23half pay less
Highest$107.73in this market
Difference3.2×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 Jackson, MS.

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Lowest $33.21Highest $107.73

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo lowest Yazoo City, MS IRON LEVEL SERUM $33.21 $81.00 $30.78–$72.90 59% Feb 17, 2026
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Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS IRON INDEX TISSUE $34.23 $163.00 $61.94–$130.40 79% Feb 25, 2026
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Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS IRON LEVEL SERUM $34.23 $163.00 $61.94–$130.40 79% Feb 25, 2026
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Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS IRON INDEX TISSUE $66.83 $163.00 $61.94–$146.70 59% Feb 17, 2026
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Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS IRON URINE 24 HR $85.28 $208.00 $79.04–$187.20 59% Feb 17, 2026
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River Oaks Hospital LLC Flowood, MS IRON $107.73 $399.00 $40.30–$359.10 73% Apr 1, 2026
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River Oaks Hospital LLC Flowood, MS 83540 L1321 IRON $107.73 $399.00 $40.30–$359.10 73% Apr 1, 2026
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River Oaks Hospital LLC Flowood, MS 83540 IRON $107.73 $399.00 $40.30–$359.10 73% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $33.21, median $34.23, highest $107.73 — a 3.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $34.23 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.