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CA 15-3 tumor marker blood test

CPT 86300the billing code this page is about

Blood test measuring the amount of the CA 15-3 cancer antigen, a marker followed in breast cancer.

Hospitals typically charge $87 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,218 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $92. Most fall between $36 and $172 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,218
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 3,218 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
$22$44$87$155$230

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($22 vs $230).

How the prices are spread

$15 – $20: 122 hospitals$15$20 – $28: 178 hospitals$28 – $38: 235 hospitals$28$38 – $52: 291 hospitals$52 – $71: 371 hospitals$52$71 – $97: 419 hospitals$97 – $133: 441 hospitals$97$133 – $181: 454 hospitals$181 – $247: 276 hospitals$181$247 – $338: 111 hospitals$247median $87price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,898 of 3,218 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$15$20122
$20$28178
$28$38235
$38$52291
$52$71371
$71$97419
$97$133441
$133$181454
$181$247276
$247$338111

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $87.

Alaska: median $129 across 19 hospitalsAK$129Maine: median $52 across 28 hospitalsME$52Vermont: median $159 across 14 hospitalsVT$159New Hampshire: median $117 across 24 hospitalsNH$117Washington: median $119 across 71 hospitalsWA$119Idaho: median $71 across 21 hospitalsID$71Montana: median $109 across 30 hospitalsMT$109North Dakota: median $110 across 34 hospitalsND$110Minnesota: median $102 across 101 hospitalsMN$102Illinois: median $123 across 141 hospitalsIL$123Wisconsin: median $119 across 101 hospitalsWI$119Michigan: median $54 across 94 hospitalsMI$54New York: median $55 across 118 hospitalsNY$55Massachusetts: median $110 across 50 hospitalsMA$110Oregon: median $82 across 46 hospitalsOR$82Nevada: median $102 across 21 hospitalsNV$102Wyoming: median $107 across 16 hospitalsWY$107South Dakota: median $146 across 32 hospitalsSD$146Iowa: median $76 across 82 hospitalsIA$76Indiana: median $106 across 97 hospitalsIN$106Ohio: median $83 across 138 hospitalsOH$83Pennsylvania: median $91 across 117 hospitalsPA$91New Jersey: median $24 across 56 hospitalsNJ$24Connecticut: median $89 across 19 hospitalsCT$89Rhode Island: median $48 across 10 hospitalsRI$48California: median $35 across 147 hospitalsCA$35Utah: median $72 across 40 hospitalsUT$72Colorado: median $111 across 68 hospitalsCO$111Nebraska: median $160 across 76 hospitalsNE$160Missouri: median $85 across 72 hospitalsMO$85Kentucky: median $62 across 67 hospitalsKY$62West Virginia: median $57 across 42 hospitalsWV$57Virginia: median $86 across 71 hospitalsVA$86Maryland: median $90 across 41 hospitalsMD$90Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $114 across 38 hospitalsAZ$114New Mexico: median $125 across 29 hospitalsNM$125Kansas: median $93 across 85 hospitalsKS$93Arkansas: median $55 across 35 hospitalsAR$55Tennessee: median $44 across 80 hospitalsTN$44North Carolina: median $66 across 87 hospitalsNC$66South Carolina: median $105 across 51 hospitalsSC$105Oklahoma: median $72 across 71 hospitalsOK$72Louisiana: median $49 across 48 hospitalsLA$49Mississippi: median $63 across 56 hospitalsMS$63Alabama: median $53 across 40 hospitalsAL$53Georgia: median $61 across 101 hospitalsGA$61Hawaii: median $105 across 17 hospitalsHI$105Texas: median $123 across 232 hospitalsTX$123Florida: median $38 across 138 hospitalsFL$38
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $87. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Nebraska NE76$160+85%$54 – $209
Vermont VT14$159+84%$101 – $346
South Dakota SD32$146+69%$102 – $252
Alaska AK19$129+49%$47 – $245
New Mexico NM29$125+44%$81 – $169
Texas TX232$123+43%$63 – $261
Illinois IL141$123+42%$66 – $222
Washington WA71$119+38%$79 – $185
Wisconsin WI101$119+37%$84 – $204
New Hampshire NH24$117+35%$41 – $278
Arizona AZ38$114+32%$24 – $209
Colorado CO68$111+28%$42 – $162
Massachusetts MA50$110+27%$65 – $185
North Dakota ND34$110+27%$37 – $166
Montana MT30$109+26%$67 – $148
Wyoming WY16$107+24%$48 – $170
Indiana IN97$106+22%$45 – $219
Hawaii HI17$105+21%$52 – $207
South Carolina SC51$105+21%$51 – $171
Nevada NV21$102+18%$38 – $147
Minnesota MN101$102+17%$45 – $162
Kansas KS85$93+8%$62 – $140
Pennsylvania PA117$91+6%$31 – $237
Maryland MD41$90+4%$69 – $107
Connecticut CT19$89+3%$67 – $139
Virginia VA71$86−1%$36 – $181
Missouri MO72$85−2%$42 – $150
Ohio OH138$83−4%$34 – $120
Oregon OR46$82−5%$51 – $125
Iowa IA82$76−12%$49 – $153
Utah UT40$72−16%$62 – $143
Oklahoma OK71$72−17%$45 – $140
Idaho ID21$71−18%$19 – $109
North Carolina NC87$66−24%$35 – $163
Mississippi MS56$63−27%$23 – $90
Kentucky KY67$62−28%$23 – $162
Georgia GA101$61−30%$43 – $146
West Virginia WV42$57−35%$10 – $98
Arkansas AR35$55−37%$19 – $132
New York NY118$55−37%$25 – $143
Michigan MI94$54−37%$18 – $179
Alabama AL40$53−39%$25 – $189
Maine ME28$52−40%$32 – $164
Louisiana LA48$49−43%$35 – $88
Rhode Island RI10$48−44%$32 – $166
Tennessee TN80$44−49%$29 – $109
Florida FL138$38−56%$16 – $164
California CA147$35−60%$10 – $152
New Jersey NJ56$24−72%$23 – $71
Delaware DE6not 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 $87.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,245$78$32 – $171
Children’s29$55$19 – $154
Critical access934$103$50 – $176
Ownership
For-profit428$114$47 – $289
Government611$87$40 – $162
Non-profit2,169$83$35 – $163
System affiliation
Part of a system2,625$85$35 – $173
Independent593$88$43 – $155

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$146
Median cash price$87
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

2,174 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $87 and the average of the middle 60% is $92; most fall between $37 and $171.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,174 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
$23$45$87$153$216

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($23 vs $216).

Of the 2,398 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,174 gave a usable cash price; 115 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 109 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,218 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (81%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,514 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,218
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here170
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded125
Hospitals that filed this code3,514

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 July 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Immunoassay Tumor Ag, Qnt Ca15.

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, “CA 15-3 tumor marker blood test (CPT 86300) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86300-ca-15-3-tumor-marker-blood-test