How much does complete blood count (CBC) with differential cost in California?
CPT 85025 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
85025 Complete blood count (CBC) with differential
Ask to pay
$16
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$103
Medicare $8
Ask $16
$1 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $740
What Medicare paysⓘ
$8
Typical price near you
$103
Cash / self-pay price
$109
Prices near you — 92 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $1cash | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $1cash | 0.1× | — |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $1cash | 0.1× | — |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $1cash | 0.2× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | — |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $2cash | 0.3× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $4cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $7cash | 0.9× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $8negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $9negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $12negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $12negotiated | 1.6× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $14cash | 1.8× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $22cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $28cash | 3.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $28cash | 3.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $28cash | 3.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $28cash | 3.5× | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $28cash | 3.5× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $32cash | 4.1× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $32cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $32cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $32cash | 4.1× | — |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $32cash | 4.1× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $32cash | 4.1× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $32cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $38negotiated | 4.9× | — |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $38negotiated | 4.9× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $39negotiated | 5.0× | — |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $41cash | 5.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $51cash | 6.6× | — |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $52cash | 6.7× | — |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $64cash | 8.3× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $65cash | 8.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $65cash | 8.4× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $70cash | 9.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $79negotiated | 10.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $81cash | 10.4× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $84cash | 10.8× | ★★★★★ |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $90cash | 11.5× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $94cash | 12.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $96cash | 12.3× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $98cash | 12.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $99cash | 12.7× | — |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $108cash | 13.9× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $111cash | 14.3× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $111cash | 14.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $111cash | 14.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $116cash | 14.9× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $123cash | 15.9× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $123cash | 15.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $123cash | 15.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $123cash | 15.9× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $124cash | 16.0× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $124cash | 16.0× | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $125cash | 16.1× | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $126cash | 16.3× | — |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $132cash | 17.0× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $140cash | 18.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $148cash | 19.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $148cash | 19.0× | — |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $148cash | 19.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $148cash | 19.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $156cash | 20.0× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $158cash | 20.3× | — |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $160cash | 20.7× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $160cash | 20.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $178cash | 22.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $191cash | 24.6× | — |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $193cash | 24.8× | — |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $210cash | 27.1× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $217cash | 27.9× | — |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $217cash | 27.9× | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $217cash | 27.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $217cash | 27.9× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $217cash | 27.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $217cash | 27.9× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $217cash | 27.9× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $217cash | 27.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $222cash | 28.6× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $232cash | 29.8× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $238cash | 30.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $299cash | 38.5× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) gross charge | Hospital | $429cash | 55.2× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) gross charge | Hospital | $529cash | 68.1× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) gross charge | Hospital | $591cash | 76.1× | ★★★★★ |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) gross charge | Hospital | $740cash | 95.2× | — |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 14 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 85025 (Complete blood count (CBC) with differential), Medicare's benchmark rate is $7.77. A fair self-pay target for this line is $15.54. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 85025 is $109.33, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $27.50–$157.03. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 85025 cost in California?
For complete blood count (CBC) with differential (CPT 85025) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $103, with hospitals ranging from $28 to $157 across 92 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $8, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does complete blood count (CBC) with differential cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for complete blood count (CBC) with differential (CPT 85025) in California is around $103, with hospital prices ranging from $28 to $157 across 92 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 85025?
Medicare pays about $8 for complete blood count (CBC) with differential (CPT 85025). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of complete blood count (CBC) with differential?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.