Lab tests CPT 82105 Outpatient

AFP test cost in Huntington, WV

In Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) blood test: from $55.96 to $310.25, with a median of $139.54. The lowest listed price is at St. Mary’s Medical Center — $83.58 less than the median here. Across West Virginia, the median is $74.25 at 32 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 82105, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 14, 2025 and Sep 17, 2026.

Lowest$55.96St. Mary’s Medical Center
Median$139.54half of hospitals charge less
Highest$310.25in this market
Difference5.5×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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH.

median
Lowest $55.96Highest $310.25

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
St. Mary’s Medical Center lowest Huntington, WV · (304) 526-1234 Alpha Fetoprotein Tumor Marker+2 more lines at this price source file $55.96 $55.96 $46.91–$55.96 —
King's Daughters' Medical Center Ashland, KY · (606) 408-4401 HCHG AFP TUMOR MARKER+1 more line at this price File of Oct 14, 2025 · source file $75.43 $188.57 $12.58–$169.71 60%
Cabell Huntington Hospital Huntington, WV · (304) 526-2000 AFP Maternal LC+1 more line at this price source file $203.64 $203.64 $170.69–$203.64 —
Three Rivers Medical Center Louisa, KY · (606) 638-9451 Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level, serum File of Sep 17, 2026 · source file $310.25 $517.08 $14.26–$542.93 40%
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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $55.96, median $139.54, highest $310.25 — a 5.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $75.43. 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

An AFP test measures a protein made by the liver and by a developing baby. In adults it is used to watch for liver cancer in people with cirrhosis and to follow some testicular cancers.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.