Lab tests CPT 85018 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hemoglobin test cost in Pensacola, FL — inpatient

In Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL, 4 hospitals list a cash price for hemoglobin blood test as an inpatient: from $2.65 to $15.88, with a median of $2.65. The lowest listed price is at Gulf Breeze Hospital and 2 other hospitals. Across Florida, the median is $54.60 at 170 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 85018, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 23, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$2.65Gulf Breeze Hospital + 2 more
Median$2.65half of hospitals charge less
Highest$15.88in this market
Difference6.0×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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL.

median
Lowest $2.65Highest $15.88

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Gulf Breeze Hospital lowest Gulf Breeze, FL · (850) 934-2000 BLOOD COUNT; HEMOGLOBIN File of Dec 23, 2025 · source file $2.65 $17.66 $2.65–$17.66 85%
Jay Hospital lowest Jay, FL · (850) 675-4532 BLOOD COUNT; HEMOGLOBIN File of Dec 23, 2025 · source file $2.65 $17.66 $3.89–$17.66 85%
Baptist Health Care lowest Pensacola, FL · (850) 434-4011 BLOOD COUNT; HEMOGLOBIN+1 more line at this price File of Dec 23, 2025 · source file $2.65 $17.66 $2.65–$17.66 85%
Jay Hospital Jay, FL · (850) 675-4532 HEMOGLOBIN File of Dec 23, 2025 · source file $6.75 $45.00 $9.90–$45.00 85%
Gulf Breeze Hospital Gulf Breeze, FL · (850) 934-2000 HEMOGLOBIN File of Dec 23, 2025 · source file $9.60 $64.00 $9.60–$64.00 85%
Baptist Health Care Pensacola, FL · (850) 434-4011 HEMOGLOBIN File of Dec 23, 2025 · source file $9.60 $64.00 $9.60–$64.00 85%
HMA Santa Rosa Medical Center Milton, FL · (850) 626-7762 85018 HEMOGLOBIN 131+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $15.88 $45.36 $8.80–$36.29 65%
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.

Inpatient: lowest $2.65, median $2.65, highest $15.88 — a 6.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $4.19 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 4 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 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 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.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Jay Hospital Jay, FLH-BLOOD COUNT HGB $0.52 file
Gulf Breeze Hospital Gulf Breeze, FLBLOOD COUNT HGB $0.52 file
Baptist Health Care Pensacola, FLBLOOD COUNT HGB $0.52 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.