Lab tests CPT 83540 Outpatient

Iron test cost in Massena, NY

In Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Iron blood test (serum iron): from $16.13 to $86.03, with a median of $61.89. The lowest listed price is at Gouverneur Hospital — $45.76 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $28.20 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$16.13Gouverneur Hospital
Median$61.89half pay less
Highest$86.03in this market
Difference5.3×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 Massena-Ogdensburg, NY.

median
Lowest $16.13Highest $86.03

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Gouverneur Hospital lowest Gouverneur, NY HC IRON $16.13 $24.82 — 35% —
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Massena Hospital Inc Massena, NY HC IRON $61.89 $95.22 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY HC IRON $86.03 $132.35 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $16.13, median $61.89, highest $86.03 — a 5.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $61.89. 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.