Lab tests CPT 85027 Outpatient

Complete blood count (CBC), no differential in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 8 hospitals list a cash price for Complete blood count (CBC), no differential: from $10.84 to $98.80, with a median of $16.10. The lowest listed price is at Boston Medical Center South.

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 5 cities for code 85027, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$10.84Boston Medical Center South
Median$16.10half pay less
Highest$98.80in this market
Difference9.1×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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.

median
Lowest $10.84Highest $98.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Boston Medical Center South lowest Brockton, MA HC Chg Blood Count Complete Automated $10.84 $24.09 55%
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Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston, MA HC Chg Blood Count Complete Automated $12.33 $27.39 55%
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Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA HC Complete Cbc - Cbc $16.10 $23.00 30%
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Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA HC Complete Cbc - Cbc $16.10 $23.00 30%
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Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA HC Complete Cbc - Cbc $16.10 $23.00 30%
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Boston Medical Center Boston, MA HC Chg Blood Count Complete Automated $27.90 $62.00 55%
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Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA HC Cbc & Platelet $44.00 $44.00
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Shriners Childrens - Boston Boston, MA COMPLETE CBC AUTOMATED $98.80 $98.80
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Outpatient: lowest $10.84, median $16.10, highest $98.80 — a 9.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $16.10. 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 complete blood count (CBC) without differential measures red blood cells, white blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit and platelets, but does not break down the white blood cells by type. It is used to check for anemia and blood cell problems.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the automated count. The blood draw is often billed separately.