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Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) Blood Test

Kansas 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$16.60$10.00 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$35.48 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $20 to $56Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $34
$10$20$50facility $37professional $17

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
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$34.67
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
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.55

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 3rd of 51

$35.48

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.