Lab tests CPT 82378 Outpatient

CEA test cost in Orangeburg, SC

In Orangeburg, SC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test: from $30.00 to $30.00, with a median of $30.00. Across South Carolina, the median is $148.50 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 82378, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$30.00MUSC Health - Orangeburg
Median$30.00half pay less
Highest$30.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 Orangeburg, SC.

median
Lowest $30.00Highest $374.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
MUSC Health - Orangeburg lowest Orangeburg, SC HB ACCUCEA - INTERPACE (SEND OUT) $30.00 $60.00 — 50% —
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MUSC Health - Orangeburg Orangeburg, SC HB CARCINOEMBTYONIC ANTIGEN/CEA $126.50 $253.00 — 50% —
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MUSC Health - Orangeburg Orangeburg, SC HB CEA, PANCREATIC CYST CEAPC (SEND OUT) $374.00 $748.00 — 50% —
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Outpatient: lowest $30.00, median $30.00, highest $30.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $30.00. 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

A CEA test measures a protein that can be high in colorectal and some other cancers. It is used to follow treatment and watch for recurrence, not to screen healthy people.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.