Lab tests CPT 85027 Outpatient

Complete blood count (CBC), no differential in St. Louis, MO-IL

In St. Louis, MO-IL, 11 hospitals list a cash price for Complete blood count (CBC), no differential: from $14.30 to $110.16, with a median of $80.20. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital St Louis.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 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$14.30Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital St Louis
Median$80.20half pay less
Highest$110.16in this market
Difference7.7×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 St. Louis, MO-IL.

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Lowest $14.30Highest $110.16

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital St Louis lowest Saint Louis, MO Cbc Automated WO Diff $14.30 $22.00 35%
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Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Cbc Automated WO Diff $14.30 $22.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO Cbc Automated WO Diff $14.30 $22.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Cbc Automated WO Diff $14.30 $22.00 35%
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American Healthcare Systems Illinois LLC Granite City, IL CBC W-PLT $14.48 $24.13 40%
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Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis, MO COMPLETE CBC AUTOMATED $80.20 $80.20
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Hshs Holy Family Hospital Inc Greenville, IL HC CBC W/O DIFF $84.24 $117.00 28%
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO Cbc Automated WO Diff $87.10 $134.00 35%
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St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL HC CBC W/O DIFF $100.80 $140.00 28%
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St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL HC CBC W/O DIFF $100.80 $140.00 28%
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St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL HC CBC W/O DIFF $110.16 $153.00 28%
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Outpatient: lowest $14.30, median $80.20, highest $110.16 — a 7.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $100.80. 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.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 85027 ($43.00). 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.

St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, ILHC HEALTH FAIR HEMOGRAM $3.60 file
St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, ILHC HEALTH FAIR HEMOGRAM $3.60 file
Hshs Holy Family Hospital Inc Greenville, ILHC HEALTH FAIR HEMOGRAM $3.60 file