Lab tests CPT 84466 Outpatient

Transferrin test cost in Lansing, MI

In Lansing-East Lansing, MI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for transferrin blood test: from $38.70 to $57.25, with a median of $47.98. The lowest listed price is at Eaton Rapids Medical Center — $9.28 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $56.65 at 83 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 84466, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Jul 1, 2026.

Lowest$38.70Eaton Rapids Medical Center

Median$47.98half of hospitals charge less

Highest$57.25in this market

Difference1.5×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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI.

median

Lowest $38.70Highest $57.25

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Eaton Rapids Medical Center lowest Eaton Rapids, MI · (517) 663-2671 TRANSFERRIN File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$38.70	$77.40	$45.67–$69.66	50%
McLaren Greater Lansing Lansing, MI · (517) 975-5600 Transferrin File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file	$57.25	$114.50	$6.98–$72.22	50%

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 $38.70, median $47.98, highest $57.25 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $57.25. 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 2 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 1 it is 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

A transferrin test measures the protein that carries iron in the blood. It is used with iron and ferritin 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 84466 ($81.60). 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
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Lansing Lansing, MIHB Assay of Transferrin	$6.50	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.