Lab tests CPT 85018 Outpatient

Hemoglobin test cost in Gulfport, MS

In Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, 4 hospitals list a cash price for hemoglobin blood test: from $3.20 to $31.54, with a median of $4.80. The lowest listed price is at Singing River Gulfport — $1.60 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $16.20 at 55 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 85018, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 24, 2026 and Feb 24, 2026.

Lowest$3.20Singing River Gulfport
Median$4.80half pay less
Highest$31.54in this market
Difference9.9×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 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS.

median
Lowest $3.20Highest $31.54

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Singing River Gulfport lowest Gulfport, MS · (228) 575-7000 HEMOGLOBIN $3.20 $16.00 $2.37–$4.50 80% —
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Ocean Springs Hospital Ocean Springs, MS · (228) 575-7000 HEMOGLOBIN $4.80 $16.00 $2.37–$9,277.00 70% Feb 24, 2026
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Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula, MS · (228) 809-5000 BLOOD COUNT; HEMOGLOBIN $4.80 $16.00 $2.37–$4.50 70% Feb 24, 2026
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Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula, MS · (228) 809-5000 HEMOGLOBIN $21.30 $71.00 $2.37–$4.50 70% Feb 24, 2026
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Singing River Gulfport Gulfport, MS · (228) 575-7000 BLOOD COUNT; HEMOGLOBIN $29.40 $147.00 $2.37–$4.50 80% —
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Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock Bay St. Louis, MS · (228) 467-8600 HC HEMOGLOBIN $31.54 $83.00 $1.70 62% —
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Outpatient: lowest $3.20, median $4.80, highest $31.54 — a 9.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $31.54. 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 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 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.