Lab tests CPT 82977 Outpatient

GGT test cost in Northridge, CA

In Northridge, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) blood test: from $79.52 to $79.52, with a median of $79.52. Across California, the median is $44.52 at 208 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 82977, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$79.52Northridge Hospital Medical Center
Median$79.52half pay less
Highest$79.52in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge, CA · (818) 885-8500 GGT $79.52 $285.00 $7.20–$285.00 72% Feb 28, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $79.52, median $79.52, highest $79.52.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $79.52. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 GGT test measures a liver enzyme that rises with bile duct problems and heavy alcohol use. It helps tell whether a high alkaline phosphatase comes from the liver or bone.

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 82977 ($49.25). 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.

Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge, CARL-A-FIBRO V 2005661C $4.75 file