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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Alpha-fetoprotein test on amniotic fluid

CPT 82106the billing code this page is about

Laboratory test that measures alpha-fetoprotein in a sample of fluid drawn from around the fetus.

Hospitals typically charge $68 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,199 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $79. Most fall between $30 and $161 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,199
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,199 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$20$35$68$143$212

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($20 vs $212).

How the prices are spread

$17 – $23: 107 hospitals$17$23 – $31: 100 hospitals$31 – $41: 146 hospitals$31$41 – $55: 82 hospitals$55 – $74: 142 hospitals$55$74 – $99: 117 hospitals$99 – $132: 123 hospitals$99$132 – $177: 143 hospitals$177 – $238: 102 hospitals$177$238 – $319: 34 hospitals$238median $68price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,096 of 1,199 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$17$23107
$23$31100
$31$41146
$41$5582
$55$74142
$74$99117
$99$132123
$132$177143
$177$238102
$238$31934

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $68.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $74 across 30 hospitalsWA$74Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $39 across 23 hospitalsMN$39Illinois: median $105 across 64 hospitalsIL$105Wisconsin: median $94 across 44 hospitalsWI$94Michigan: median $61 across 44 hospitalsMI$61New York: median $40 across 49 hospitalsNY$40Massachusetts: median $139 across 21 hospitalsMA$139Oregon: median $89 across 14 hospitalsOR$89Nevada: median $83 across 11 hospitalsNV$83Wyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $64 across 18 hospitalsIA$64Indiana: median $43 across 36 hospitalsIN$43Ohio: median $66 across 76 hospitalsOH$66Pennsylvania: median $100 across 66 hospitalsPA$100New Jersey: median $19 across 38 hospitalsNJ$19Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $149 across 49 hospitalsCA$149Utah: median $65 across 29 hospitalsUT$65Colorado: median $96 across 30 hospitalsCO$96Nebraska: median $89 across 15 hospitalsNE$89Missouri: median $103 across 32 hospitalsMO$103Kentucky: median $130 across 24 hospitalsKY$130West Virginia: median $29 across 23 hospitalsWV$29Virginia: median $67 across 26 hospitalsVA$67Maryland: median $36 across 17 hospitalsMD$36Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $29 across 12 hospitalsAZ$29New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $99 across 11 hospitalsKS$99Arkansas: median $103 across 16 hospitalsAR$103Tennessee: median $44 across 17 hospitalsTN$44North Carolina: median $43 across 59 hospitalsNC$43South Carolina: median $47 across 14 hospitalsSC$47Oklahoma: median $35 across 34 hospitalsOK$35Louisiana: median $33 across 18 hospitalsLA$33Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $61 across 12 hospitalsAL$61Georgia: median $35 across 10 hospitalsGA$35Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $102 across 95 hospitalsTX$102Florida: median $25 across 56 hospitalsFL$25
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $68. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA49$149+119%$42 – $204
Massachusetts MA21$139+104%$51 – $178
Kentucky KY24$130+91%$51 – $212
Illinois IL64$105+54%$32 – $152
Arkansas AR16$103+51%$44 – $122
Missouri MO32$103+51%$41 – $163
Texas TX95$102+50%$68 – $454
Pennsylvania PA66$100+47%$20 – $180
Kansas KS11$99+45%$70 – $231
Colorado CO30$96+41%$22 – $267
Wisconsin WI44$94+38%$61 – $185
Oregon OR14$89+31%$88 – $121
Nebraska NE15$89+31%$37 – $144
Nevada NV11$83+22%$17 – $114
Washington WA30$74+9%$34 – $128
Virginia VA26$67−2%$19 – $146
Ohio OH76$66−4%$45 – $100
Utah UT29$65−5%$55 – $102
Iowa IA18$64−6%$64 – $89
Michigan MI44$61−11%$33 – $159
Alabama AL12$61−11%$35 – $275
South Carolina SC14$47−31%$39 – $179
Tennessee TN17$44−36%$29 – $230
North Carolina NC59$43−37%$32 – $174
Indiana IN36$43−37%$27 – $170
New York NY49$40−41%$17 – $172
Minnesota MN23$39−44%$29 – $51
Maryland MD17$36−47%$31 – $47
Oklahoma OK34$35−48%$30 – $72
Georgia GA10$35−48%$35 – $89
Louisiana LA18$33−52%$25 – $61
Arizona AZ12$29−58%$21 – $114
West Virginia WV23$29−58%$29 – $84
Florida FL56$25−63%$20 – $130
New Jersey NJ38$19−73%$17 – $38
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $68.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care996$65$29 – $163
Children’s21$86$42 – $140
Critical access175$85$38 – $160
Ownership
For-profit145$102$30 – $454
Government130$51$29 – $161
Non-profit917$67$30 – $149
System affiliation
Part of a system1,076$68$29 – $160
Independent123$64$35 – $163

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$128
Median cash price$68
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

840 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $74 and the average of the middle 60% is $82; most fall between $34 and $154.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 840 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$24$39$74$140$204

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($24 vs $204).

Of the 930 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 840 gave a usable cash price; 50 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 40 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,199 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (30%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,313 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,199
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here70
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded44
Hospitals that filed this code1,313

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN AMNIOTIC.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Alpha-fetoprotein test on amniotic fluid (CPT 82106) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82106-alpha-fetoprotein-test-on-amniotic-fluid