Lab tests CPT 82105 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

AFP test cost in Riverside, CA — inpatient

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 16 hospitals list a cash price for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) blood test as an inpatient: from $8.30 to $171.00, with a median of $33.32. The lowest listed price is at Eisenhower Medical Center — $25.02 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $94.17 at 164 hospitals.

Cash prices at 16 facilities across 13 cities for code 82105, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 2, 2026.

Lowest$8.30Eisenhower Medical Center
Median$33.32half of hospitals charge less
Highest$171.00in this market
Difference20.6×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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

median
Lowest $8.30Highest $309.27

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Eisenhower Medical Center lowest Rancho Mirage, CA · (760) 340-3911 HC Alpha-Fetoprotein (Afp) File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file $8.30 $75.00 $16.77–$384.18 89%
Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 AFP Tumor Marker LC File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $13.90 $18.53 — 25%
Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 ALPHA FETPROTEIN File of May 13, 2026 · source file $14.00 $14.00 $7.35–$14.00 —
Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Qu Alpha Fetoprotein Serum+1 more line at this price source file $23.04 $23.04 $9.62–$23.04 —
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SERUM source file $26.00 $50.00 $12.00–$35.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SERUM source file $26.00 $50.00 $12.00–$35.00 48%
Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SERUM source file $26.00 $50.00 $12.00–$35.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SERUM source file $26.00 $50.00 $12.00–$35.00 48%
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 AFP SERUM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $40.63 $122.00 $36.60–$100.04 67%
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 AFP SERUM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $44.19 $113.00 $67.80–$113.00 61%
Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN BLOOD File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $121.50 $270.00 $48.87–$202.50 55%
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN BLOOD File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $121.50 $270.00 $54.00–$243.00 55%
Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center Redlands, CA HC ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN BLOOD File of Aug 31, 2026 · source file $121.50 $270.00 $148.50–$216.00 55%
Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN BLOOD File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $121.50 $270.00 $54.00–$229.50 55%
Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 B-LAB AFP TUMOR MARKER File of May 20, 2026 · source file $171.00 $171.00 $89.78–$171.00 —
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 B-LAB AFP TUMOR MARKER File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file $171.00 $171.00 $89.78–$171.00 —
Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 B-LAB AFP SCRN File of May 20, 2026 · source file $179.00 $179.00 $93.98–$179.00 —
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 B-LAB AFP SCRN File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file $179.00 $179.00 $93.98–$179.00 —
Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Alpha Fetoprotein Serum+1 more line at this price source file $309.27 $309.27 $9.62–$309.27 —
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

Inpatient: lowest $8.30, median $33.32, highest $171.00 — a 20.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 20 facilities here, median $26.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 11 of 15 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 it is 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.

12 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82105 ($80.55). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CAHC 237 - Alpha-Fetoprotein, Tumor Marker $1.65 file
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CARL-HT-ALPHA FETO PROTEIN $1.67 file
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CARL-HT-ALPHA FETO PROTEIN $1.96 file
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CARL-A-AFP TM 80428 $2.67 file
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CARL-A-AFP TM 80428 $3.13 file
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CAHC ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SERUM CDM $3.36 file
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CAHC ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SERUM $4.56 file
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CAHC ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SERUM LAB $4.56 file
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CAAFP TUMOR MARKER - LC $6.00 file
Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CAAFP TUMOR MARKER - LC $6.00 file
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CAHC Afp - Alpha-Fetaprotein, Tumor Marker $6.83 file
Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CAAFP TUMOR MARKER - QST $8.00 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.