Lab tests CPT 85018 Outpatient

Hemoglobin test cost in Elizabeth City, NC

In Elizabeth City, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for hemoglobin blood test: from $10.50 to $10.50, with a median of $10.50. Across North Carolina, the median is $27.85 at 68 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 85018, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$10.50Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center
Median$10.50half pay less
Highest$10.50in 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 Elizabeth City, NC.

median
Lowest $10.50Highest $37.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center lowest Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 Hgb $10.50 $21.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 Chgl Hgb $37.50 $75.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 Hemoglobin Atp $37.50 $75.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $10.50, median $10.50, highest $10.50.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $10.50. 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

A hemoglobin test measures the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. It is used to check for anemia or bleeding and to follow treatment.

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 85018 ($24.60). 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.

Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City, NCChgl (Qu) Porphobilinogen, 24 Hr Ur, S/O $0.50 file