Lab tests CPT 82378 Outpatient

CEA test cost in Panama City, FL

In Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test: from $151.49 to $399.00, with a median of $275.25. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Sacred Heart Bay — $123.76 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $122.14 at 171 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$151.49Ascension Sacred Heart Bay

Median$275.25half of hospitals charge less

Highest$399.00in this market

Difference2.6×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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL.

median

Lowest $151.49Highest $399.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay lowest Panama City, FL · (850) 769-1511 CEA-EIA source file	$151.49	$378.73	$18.96–$71.36	60%
HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital Panama City, FL · (850) 747-7926 Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file	$399.00	$399.00	$18.96–$359.10	—

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

Outpatient: lowest $151.49, median $275.25, highest $399.00 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 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

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82378 ($103.98). 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
Northwest Florida Community Hospital Chipley, FLCEA (CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN)	$3.60	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.