Lab tests CPT 83550 Outpatient

TIBC test cost in New Orleans, LA

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for iron-binding capacity (TIBC) test: from $12.54 to $65.10, with a median of $27.60. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation — $15.06 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $32.74 at 60 hospitals.

The median here, $27.60, is 52% below the US median of $57.22.
That is 3.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($8.74).
Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Cash prices at 12 facilities across 6 cities for code 83550, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 16, 2026.

Lowest$12.54Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Median$27.60half of hospitals charge less

Highest$65.10in this market

Difference5.2×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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median

Lowest $12.54Highest $65.10

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC IRON BINDING CAPACITY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$12.54	$57.00	$7.84–$51.30	78%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC IRON BINDING CAPACITY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$15.68	$49.00	$3.67–$36.75	68%
St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC IRON BINDING CAPACITY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$16.47	$61.00	$7.84–$51.85	73%
West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LA · (504) 347-5511 Arup Iron Binding Capacity+2 more lines at this price File of Jun 30, 2026 · source file	$18.56	$116.00	$10.06–$9.18	84%
University Med Center New Orleans, LA · (504) 702-3000 Iron Binding Capacity+2 more lines at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$20.46	$93.00	$10.06–$93.00	78%
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC IRON BINDING CAPACITY File of Sep 16, 2026 · source file	$25.76	$92.00	$7.87–$79.03	72%
Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 899-9511 Labcorp Iron Binding Capacity+2 more lines at this price File of Jun 24, 2026 · source file	$29.43	$109.00	$10.06–$9.67	73%
Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LA · (504) 897-8247 Labcorp Iron Binding Capacity+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$48.86	$349.00	$10.05–$8.74	86%
Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LA · (504) 897-8247 Iron Binding Capacity File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$52.50	$375.00	$10.05–$8.74	86%
St Charles Surgical Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 529-6600 TOTAL IRON BIND CAPACITY File of Aug 17, 2026 · source file	$59.25	$168.00	$8.57–$76.94	65%
East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie, LA · (504) 988-5263 Arup Iron Binding Capacity+2 more lines at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$65.10	$465.00	$10.74–$97.19	86%
Lakeside Hospital Metairie, LA · (504) 988-5263 Arup Iron Binding Capacity+2 more lines at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$65.10	$465.00	$10.74–$97.19	86%
Tulane Medical Center New Orleans, LA · (504) 988-5263 Arup Iron Binding Capacity+2 more lines at this price File of Jun 25, 2026 · source file	$65.10	$465.00	$10.74–$97.19	86%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $12.54, median $27.60, highest $65.10 — a 5.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $16.47. 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 9 of 12 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 TIBC test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: TIBC test explained.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83550 ($57.25). 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.

Hospital	Cash price	File
New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans, LAIron Binding Capacity	$5.44	file
New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans, LALabcorp Iron Binding Capacity	$5.44	file
New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans, LAArup Iron Binding Capacity	$5.44	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.