Lab tests CPT 83550 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

TIBC test cost in San Augustine, TX — inpatient

In San Augustine, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for iron-binding capacity (TIBC) test as an inpatient: from $8.10 to $8.10, with a median of $8.10. Across Texas, the median is $98.05 at 235 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 83550, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$8.10Memorial Medical Center San Augustine
Median$8.10half pay less
Highest$8.10in this market
Difference1.0×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 San Augustine, TX.

median
Lowest $8.10Highest $49.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Memorial Medical Center San Augustine lowest San Augustine, TX · (936) 275-3446 UIBC $8.10 $54.00 $13.50–$54.00 85% Feb 28, 2026
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Memorial Medical Center San Augustine San Augustine, TX · (936) 275-3446 TIBC $48.05 $320.28 $80.07–$320.28 85% Feb 28, 2026
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Memorial Medical Center San Augustine San Augustine, TX · (936) 275-3446 CF-TIBC $49.80 $332.00 $83.00–$332.00 85% Feb 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $8.10, median $8.10, highest $8.10.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $8.10 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83550 ($60.83). 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.

Memorial Medical Center San Augustine San Augustine, TXEL TIBC $4.35 file