Lab tests CPT 82977 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

GGT test cost in Riverside, CA — inpatient

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 14 hospitals list a cash price for gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) blood test as an inpatient: from $5.67 to $446.93, with a median of $80.25. The lowest listed price is at St Bernardine Medical Center — $74.58 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $45.50 at 204 hospitals.

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 11 cities for code 82977, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 2, 2026.

Lowest$5.67St Bernardine Medical Center
Median$80.25half of hospitals charge less
Highest$446.93in this market
Difference78.8×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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

median
Lowest $5.67Highest $446.93

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
St Bernardine Medical Center lowest San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 RL-A-FIBRO V 2005661C File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $5.67 $17.00 $5.10–$13.94 67%
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 RL-A-FIBRO V 2005661C File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $6.65 $17.00 $10.20–$17.00 61%
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC GAMMA GT TOTAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $14.76 $30.75 — 52%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 ASSAY OF GLUTAMYLTRASE GAMMA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $39.00 $75.00 $5.00–$15.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 ASSAY OF GLUTAMYLTRASE GAMMA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $39.00 $75.00 $5.00–$15.00 48%
Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 ASSAY OF GLUTAMYLTRASE GAMMA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $39.00 $75.00 $5.00–$15.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 ASSAY OF GLUTAMYLTRASE GAMMA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $39.00 $75.00 $5.00–$15.00 48%
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 GGT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $84.07 $215.00 $129.00–$215.00 61%
Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $121.50 $270.00 $48.87–$202.50 55%
Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $121.50 $270.00 $54.00–$229.50 55%
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $121.50 $270.00 $54.00–$243.00 55%
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 GGT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $132.54 $398.00 $119.40–$326.36 67%
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 LAB TRANSFERASE GAMMA GT File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file $159.00 $159.00 $83.48–$159.00 —
Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 LAB TRANSFERASE GAMMA GT File of May 20, 2026 · source file $159.00 $159.00 $83.48–$159.00 —
Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 GGT LC File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $213.75 $285.00 — 25%
Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Glutamyl-Transferase+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $446.93 $446.93 $5.17–$446.93 —
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

Inpatient: lowest $5.67, median $80.25, highest $446.93 — a 78.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 22 facilities here, median $39.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 5 of 12 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

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.

7 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82977 ($47.75). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CAGAMMA GT (GGT) (001958) $1.40 file
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CARL-A-GT 20009 $2.36 file
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CARL-A-GT 20009 $2.77 file
Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CAGGT - LC $3.00 file
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CAHC 92688 - Liver Fibrosis, Fibrotest-Actitest Panel - 82977 $3.56 file
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CAHC Ggtp $3.56 file
Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CAGGT $4.00 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.