Lab tests CPT 84466 Outpatient

Transferrin test cost in Mt Shasta, CA

In Mt Shasta, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for transferrin blood test: from $67.69 to $67.69, with a median of $67.69. Across California, the median is $62.71 at 178 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 84466, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$67.69Mercy Medical Center of Mt Shasta
Median$67.69half of hospitals charge less
Highest$67.69in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Mercy Medical Center of Mt Shasta Mt Shasta, CA · (530) 926-6111 SE-TRANSFERRIN File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $67.69 $87.00 $11.01–$85.26 22%
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 $67.69, median $67.69, highest $67.69.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $129.93. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Mercy Medical Center of Mt Shasta Mt Shasta, CARL-A-TRNSF 50570 $7.44 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.