TIBC test cost in Buffalo, NY
In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Iron-binding capacity (TIBC) test: from $22.41 to $107.69, with a median of $37.26. The lowest listed price is at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center — $14.85 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $37.95 at 61 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 83550, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 25, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center lowest Niagara Falls, NY IRON BINDING TEST | $22.41 | $32.01 | $8.30–$11.91 | 30% | — source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY IRON BINDING CAPACITY | $25.18 | $35.97 | $8.30–$11.91 | 30% | — source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Corporation Buffalo, NY TOTAL IRON BINDING CAPACITY | $37.26 | $93.26 | $5.08–$83.93 | 60% | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Corporation Buffalo, NY UNSATURATED IRON BINDING | $37.26 | $93.26 | $5.08–$83.93 | 60% | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Iron Binding Capacity | $107.69 | $107.69 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $22.41, median $37.26, highest $107.69 — a 4.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $72.48. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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
The total iron-binding capacity test measures how much iron the blood can carry. It is ordered with serum iron (83540) to check for iron deficiency or overload.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83550 ($52.03). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NYHC Iron Binding Test - Iron + Transferrin + Tibc | $5.03 | file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NYHC Iron Binding Test - Iron + Transferrin + Tibc | $5.03 | file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NYHC Iron Binding Test - Iron + Transferrin + Tibc | $5.03 | file |