Blood test, hemoglobin
Facility: St David's South Austin Medical Center
Billing Code: 85018 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 TX hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
⚠ 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, hemoglobin is about $3 (about 1.5× the $2 Medicare rate). St David's South Austin Medical Center charges insurers about $3, or about $237 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Austin, TX.
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 | $2 - $248 | 84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $2 - $79 | 84% |
| Aetnamajor | $2 - $20 | 84% |
| Cignamajor | $2 - $72 | 84% |
| Humanamajor | $2 | 84% |
| Amerigroup | $3 | 127% |
| Devoted Health | $2 | 84% |
| Health Net | $147 - $161 | 6203% |
| Healthcare Highways | $66 - $74 | 2785% |
| Independent Health | $3 | 127% |
| Moda Health | $53 - $92 | 2236% |
| Molina | $2 - $3 | 84% |
| Oscar Health | $7 | 295% |
| WellCare | $3 | 127% |
| WellMed | $2 | 84% |
| + 31 smaller / regional plans | $2 - $223 |
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Other Procedures at St David's South Austin Medical Center
Compare: Blood test, hemoglobin at other TX hospitals
- Peterson Regional Medical Center · Kerrville $2
- Parkland Health & Hospital System · Dallas $2
- University Medical Center of El Paso · El Paso $2
- Christus Southeast Texas- St Elizabeth · Beaumont $2
- UT of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. · Dallas $2
- Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin · Austin $2
- Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital · Arlington $2
- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center · Houston $2
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.