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Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) Blood Test

Michigan 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 July 2026.

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

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$14.45 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$15.85 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $76Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $13 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $16

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$29.51
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$31.62
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.88

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in West Virginia than in Wyoming. 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.

Michigan· 41st of 51

$16.60

WV $135WY $15.49

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.