Lab tests CPT 83550 Outpatient

TIBC test cost in Richmond, VA

In Richmond, VA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for iron-binding capacity (TIBC) test: from $17.10 to $53.40, with a median of $53.40. The lowest listed price is at Bon Secours Southside Medical Center — $36.30 less than the median here. Across Virginia, the median is $55.20 at 36 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities 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 — and —.

Lowest$17.10Bon Secours Southside Medical Center

Median$53.40half pay less

Highest$53.40in this market

Difference3.1×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 Richmond, VA.

median

Lowest $17.10Highest $69.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
Bon Secours Southside Medical Center lowest Petersburg, VA · (804) 765-5000 HC Iron Binding Capacity	$17.10	$57.00	—	70%	— source file
Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond Richmond, VA · (804) 285-2011 HC So Iron Binding Capacity	$53.40	$89.00	—	40%	— source file
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center Mechanicsville, VA · (804) 764-6000 HC So Iron Binding Capacity	$53.40	$89.00	—	40%	— source file
Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center Midlothian, VA · (804) 594-7400 HC So Iron Binding Capacity	$53.40	$89.00	—	40%	— source file
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital Richmond, VA · (804) 225-1701 HC So Iron Binding Capacity	$53.40	$89.00	—	40%	— source file
Bon Secours Southside Medical Center Petersburg, VA · (804) 765-5000 HC So Iron Binding Capacity	$54.60	$182.00	—	70%	— source file
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center Mechanicsville, VA · (804) 764-6000 HC Iron Binding Capacity	$69.60	$116.00	—	40%	— source file
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital Richmond, VA · (804) 225-1701 HC Iron Binding Capacity	$69.60	$116.00	—	40%	— source file
Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond Richmond, VA · (804) 285-2011 HC Iron Binding Capacity	$69.60	$116.00	—	40%	— source file
Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center Midlothian, VA · (804) 594-7400 HC Iron Binding Capacity	$69.60	$116.00	—	40%	— source file

Outpatient: lowest $17.10, median $53.40, highest $53.40 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $53.40. 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.