Lab tests CPT 82105 Outpatient

AFP test cost in Ripley, WV

In Ripley, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) blood test: from $59.50 to $59.50, with a median of $59.50. Across West Virginia, the median is $76.00 at 33 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 82105, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 11, 2026 and Jul 11, 2026.

Lowest$59.50Jackson General Hospital

Median$59.50half of hospitals charge less

Highest$59.50in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV · (304) 372-2731 ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN (AFP) LEVEL; SERUM File of Jul 11, 2026 · source file	$59.50	$119.00	—	50%

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 $59.50, median $59.50, highest $59.50.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82105 ($80.00). 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
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WVALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SERUM	$6.00	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.