Blood test, amylase
Facility: Pelham Medical Center
Billing Code: 82150 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $13 compared to the $13 fair price benchmark.
5-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 1.00× fair market pricing.
Highest price of the 9 SC hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 SC hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
Note: The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.
A fair price for a Blood test, amylase is about $13 (about 2.2× the $6 Medicare rate). Pelham Medical Center charges insurers about $13, or about $150 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Greer, SC.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $8 | 123% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $7 - $32 | 108% |
| Aetnamajor | $7 | 108% |
| Cignamajor | $7 - $13 | 108% |
| Humanamajor | $6 | 93% |
| Devoted Health | $7 | 108% |
| Health Net | $18 | 278% |
| Molina | $12 | 185% |
| SelectHealth | $13 | 201% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $7 |
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Other Procedures at Pelham Medical Center
Compare: Blood test, amylase at other SC hospitals
- Conway Medical Center · Conway $6
- Beaufort County Memorial Hospital · Beaufort $6
- Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital · Seneca $7
- Prisma Health Richland Hospital · Columbia $7
- Colleton Medical Center · Walterboro $7
- Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital · Spartanburg $7
- Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital · Simpsonville $7
- Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital · Clinton $7
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
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Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $91
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $91).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($150) Beats Your Bill
Pelham Medical Center's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $150 (vs. $13 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $13 Fair BaseRate ($6 Medicare)
Your bill ($250) is $237 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($13) and 41.7× the $6 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.