Lab tests CPT 83550 Outpatient

TIBC test cost in Lima, OH

In Lima, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for iron-binding capacity (TIBC) test: from $10.80 to $54.00, with a median of $32.40. The lowest listed price is at Lima Memorial Health System — $21.60 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $39.00 at 97 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 83550, 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$10.80Lima Memorial Health System
Median$32.40half pay less
Highest$54.00in this market
Difference5.0×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 Lima, OH.

median
Lowest $10.80Highest $54.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Iron Binding Test $10.80 $12.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 *Binding Capacity Ticb,M9412 $36.90 $41.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 HC Iron Binding Capacity $54.00 $90.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $10.80, median $32.40, highest $54.00 — a 5.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $37.20. 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

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.