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MUSC LABORATORY SERVICES
2011 Patient Price List for Limited Coverage Tests
Note: Patients may be responsible for the test/charges below should Medicare deny payment for services.
Limited Coverage Test
CPT Code
Patient Fee
AFP Tumor Marker
82105
$165
B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) 83880 $283
Blood Counts
Spun Hematocrit
Other than spun Hematocrit
Hemoglobin
CBC
CBC w/Diff
85013
85014
85018
85027
85025
$43
$43
$45
$70
$122
CA 27.29
86300
$107
CA 19-9
86301
$87
CA125
86304
$246
Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA)
82378
$219
Collagen Crosslinked N-Telopeptide, serum
Collagen Crosslinked N-Telopeptide, urine
C-Telopeptide, Beta Crosslinked (CTX), serum
82523
82523
82523
$256
$166
$239
C-Reactive Protein, High
86141
$125
Culture, Bacterial, Urine Culture
Culture, Bacterial, Urine Susceptibility
87086
87186
$87
$96
Digoxin
80162
$88
Fecal Occult Blood
82272
$51
Flow Cytometry
- First Marker
- Additional Markers

88184
88185

$68
$68 each
Gammaglutamyl transferase (GGT)
82977
$85
Glucose Testing
82947
$63
Glycated Protein (Fructosamine)
82985
$152
HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin)
84702
$209
Hgb A1C
83036
$133
HIV-1 RNA Viral Load by Quant PCR
87536
$510
HIV Diagnosis Qualitative
HIV 1&2 Antibody
HIV Stat Antibody
HIV Western Blot
HIV Qualitative PCR
86703
86701
86689
87535
$127
$146
$157
$557
Homocysteine, Plasma
83090
$289
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
87621
$160
Ionized Calcium
82330
$63
Iron Studies
 
Ferritin
Iron
Transferrin
82728
83540
84466
$151
$101
$131
 
Lipid Studies
Lipid Panel
Cholesterol
Lipoprotein Electrophoresis
Triglycerides
HDL Cholesterol
LDL Cholesterol, Direct
80061
82465
83715
84478
83718
83721
$97
$47
$177
$80
$73
$114
PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen)
84153
$216
PT (Prothrombin Time)
85610
$44
PTT (Partial Thromboplastin Time)
85730
$54
Thyroid Testing
Thyroxine; total
Thyroxine; free
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
84436
84439
84443
$91
$142
$202
If Medicare denies payment for any of the listed limited coverage tests, you may want to appeal the denial.  Please follow the appeal process directions printed on the Notice of Medicare Claim Determination (or denial) you received in the mail OR follow the simplified steps listed below:
  1. Write a statement on the Notice such as AI would like to appeal this claim determination.
  2. Mail the Notice back to:         
    Medicare Medical Director
    Palmetto Government Benefits Administrators
    PO Box 100190
    Columbia, SC 29202-3190

If Medicare does not reverse the appeal, then you are responsible for payment of the test(s) when billed by MUSC Laboratory Services.

Thank you for using MUSC Laboratory Services.

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