Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HB Ref Alpha-Fetoprotein, CSF (Arup, Q)
Low
$2
Average
$78
Median
$47
High
$4.7k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1404 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 7.1× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 9 | $43 | $90 | $108 | 121% | 566–782 | $4 – $497 |
| 2 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $65 | $65 | $0 | 0% | 191–209 | $65 – $65 |
| 3 | Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Inc. Newnan, GA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $62 | $65 | $22 | 34% | 61–97 | $37 – $100 |
| 4 | Christian Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 3 | $49 | $39 | $13 | 35% | 60–78 | $22 – $50 |
| 5 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $38 | $40 | $2 | 6% | 50–77 | $38 – $42 |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $20 | $20 | $1 | 4% | 43 | $19 – $21 |
| 7 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $172 | $185 | $144 | 78% | 36–360 | $24 – $931 |
| 8 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $21 | $21 | — | — | 34 | $21 – $21 |
| 9 | Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $20 | $20 | — | — | 26–53 | $20 – $20 |
| 10 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $14 | $14 | $6 | 44% | 25–115 | $8 – $21 |
| 11 | CORNING HOSPITAL Corning, NY facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $20 | $27 | $9 | 35% | 24 | $20 – $40 |
| 12 | Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital St. Peters, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $49 | $49 | $0 | 0% | 20–38 | $49 – $50 |
| 13 | Memorial Hospital Shiloh, IL fee schedule · both | 3 | $49 | $39 | $13 | 35% | 19–37 | $22 – $50 |
| 14 | SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $35 | $31 | $20 | 64% | 18–180 | $4 – $61 |
| 15 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $14 | $14 | $6 | 44% | 12–120 | $8 – $21 |
| 16 | Carteret County General Hospital Corporation Morehead City, NC facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $38 | $38 | — | — | 11 | $38 – $38 |
| 17 | Mayo Clinic Health System Waseca 56093-2811 facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 9 | $221 | $195 | $62 | 32% | 9–90 | $92 – $270 |
| 18 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $21 | $21 | — | — | 7–70 | $21 – $21 |
| 19 | ONEIDA HEALTH ONEIDA, NY other · outpatient | 1 | $21 | $21 | — | — | 7–70 | $21 – $21 |
| 20 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 5 | $176 | $187 | $24 | 13% | 6–60 | $170 – $239 |
| 21 | Mayo Clinic Health System Cannon Falls 55009-5003 facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 9 | $221 | $196 | $59 | 30% | 6–60 | $92 – $270 |
| 22 | Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc. Watertown, SD fee schedule · both | 21 | $42 | $42 | — | — | 6–60 | $42 – $42 |
| 23 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $57 | $54 | $14 | 25% | 6–60 | $28 – $75 |
| 24 | Carle BroMenn Medical Center Normal, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $38 | $47 | $24 | 52% | 5–50 | $20 – $91 |
| 25 | DIGNITY HEALTH Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $72 | $74 | $34 | 45% | 5–50 | $21 – $141 |
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