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Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) Blood Test

Arizona rates for HCPCS 82105

This blood test measures alpha-fetoprotein, a protein that is normally high in a developing fetus and typically low in adults. In adults it can be used as a tumor marker, particularly for liver cancer, while during pregnancy it can be part of screening for certain birth conditions.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) Blood Test cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.23$9.55 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$16.22 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $11 to $76Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$20$50facility $33professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Arizona· 43rd of 51

$14.13

VT $100MD $12.59

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.