Lab tests CPT 82105 Outpatient

AFP test cost in Manchester, NH

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) blood test: from $83.43 to $114.33, with a median of $109.65. The lowest listed price is at Monadnock Community Hospital — $26.22 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $114.33 at 19 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$83.43Monadnock Community Hospital
Median$109.65half of hospitals charge less
Highest$114.33in this market
Difference1.4×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median
Lowest $83.43Highest $114.33

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 AFP-SINGLE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $83.43 $139.05 — 40%
St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC SO1 ALPHA FETOPROTEIN+1 more line at this price source file $106.08 $272.00 — 61%
Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Alpha-Fetoprotein Serum+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $113.22 $306.00 — 63%
Southern NH Medical Center Nashua, NH · (603) 577-2000 HC ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SERUM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $114.33 $309.00 — 63%
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.

Outpatient: lowest $83.43, median $109.65, highest $114.33 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $109.65. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.