AFP test cost in Stockton, CA — inpatient
In Stockton-Lodi, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) blood test as an inpatient: from $31.17 to $157.00, with a median of $77.65. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton — $46.48 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $94.17 at 164 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Stockton-Lodi, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton lowest Stockton, CA · (209) 943-2000 RL-FC-AFP File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $31.17 | $106.00 | $76.32–$86.92 | 71% |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CA H-ALPHA FETO PROTEIN 8003 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $38.26 | $67.00 | $33.50–$51.59 | 43% |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CA RL-FC-AFP File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $60.53 | $106.00 | $53.00–$81.62 | 43% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca Manteca, CA · (209) 825-3700 ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SERUM source file | $117.04 | $209.00 | $16.00–$50.00 | 44% |
| Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Tracy, CA · (209) 835-1500 HCHG ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SERUM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $157.00 | $157.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Tracy, CA · (209) 835-1500 HCHG AFP TUMOR MARKER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $170.00 | $170.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Tracy, CA · (209) 835-1500 HCHG CORE AFP TUMOR MARKER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $176.00 | $176.00 | — | — |
| St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CA · (209) 943-2000 H-ALPHA FETO PROTEIN 8003 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $224.62 | $764.00 | $550.08–$626.48 | 71% |
Inpatient: lowest $31.17, median $77.65, highest $157.00 — a 5.0× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $96.83 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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.
2 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 Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CARL-A-AFP TM 80428 | $2.36 | file |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CARL-A-AFP TM 80428 | $4.57 | file |