Lab tests CPT 82105 Outpatient

AFP test cost in Oxnard, CA

In Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) blood test: from $20.75 to $21.90, with a median of $21.33. The lowest listed price is at St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital — $0.58 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $94.17 at 164 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$20.75St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital

Median$21.33half of hospitals charge less

Highest$21.90in this market

Difference1.1×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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA.

median

Lowest $20.75Highest $21.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital lowest Camarillo, CA · (805) 988-2500 AFP SERUM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$20.75	$50.00	$13.50–$62.47	59%
St Johns Regional Medical Center Oxnard, CA · (805) 988-2500 AFP SERUM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$21.90	$50.00	$13.50–$62.47	56%

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 $20.75, median $21.33, highest $21.90 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $21.33. 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 2 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.

4 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82105 ($82.26). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Hospital	Cash price	File
St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital Camarillo, CARL-A-AFP TM 80428	$3.32	file
St Johns Regional Medical Center Oxnard, CARL-A-AFP TM 80428	$3.51	file
Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Thousand Oaks, CAAlpha-fetoprotein (AFP); serum	$5.00	file
Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Thousand Oaks, CAALPHA FETOPROT SERUM	$5.00	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.