How much does complete blood count (CBC), automated cost in California?
CPT 85027 — 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.
85027 Complete blood count (CBC), automated
Ask to pay
$13
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$86
Medicare $6
Ask $13
$1 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $1,113
What Medicare paysⓘ
$6
Typical price near you
$86
Cash / self-pay price
$90
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× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $2cash | 0.4× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $3cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $6cash | 0.9× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $7negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $7negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $7cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $10negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $10negotiated | 1.6× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $11cash | 1.8× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $19cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $24cash | 3.7× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $27cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $27cash | 4.1× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $27cash | 4.1× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $27cash | 4.1× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $30cash | 4.6× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $30cash | 4.6× | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $30cash | 4.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $38cash | 5.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $38cash | 5.9× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $38cash | 5.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $38cash | 5.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $38cash | 5.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $41cash | 6.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $46cash | 7.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $47cash | 7.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $47cash | 7.2× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $47cash | 7.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $47cash | 7.3× | — |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $47cash | 7.3× | — |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $49cash | 7.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $61cash | 9.4× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $65cash | 10.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $68cash | 10.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $73cash | 11.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $75cash | 11.6× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $76cash | 11.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $76cash | 11.7× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $76cash | 11.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $80cash | 12.4× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $84cash | 13.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $86cash | 13.3× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $90cash | 13.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $90cash | 13.8× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $90cash | 13.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $91cash | 14.1× | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $92cash | 14.1× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $92cash | 14.2× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $92cash | 14.2× | — |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $96cash | 14.9× | — |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $102cash | 15.7× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $112cash | 17.3× | — |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $113cash | 17.5× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $115cash | 17.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $116cash | 17.9× | — |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $118cash | 18.2× | — |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $119cash | 18.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $119cash | 18.4× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $119cash | 18.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $119cash | 18.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $123cash | 19.0× | — |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $128cash | 19.7× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $139cash | 21.4× | — |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $146cash | 22.5× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $146cash | 22.5× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $150cash | 23.1× | — |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $162cash | 25.0× | — |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $172cash | 26.6× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $178cash | 27.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $178cash | 27.5× | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $178cash | 27.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $178cash | 27.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $189cash | 29.2× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $189cash | 29.2× | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $189cash | 29.2× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $189cash | 29.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $189cash | 29.2× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $212cash | 32.7× | — |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $222cash | 34.3× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $224cash | 34.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $249cash | 38.5× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $261cash | 40.3× | ★★★★★ |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $302cash | 46.6× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) gross charge | Hospital | $323cash | 49.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) gross charge | Hospital | $444cash | 68.6× | — |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) gross charge | Hospital | $514cash | 79.4× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) gross charge | Hospital | $1,039cash | 160.6× | — |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) gross charge | Hospital | $1,113cash | 172.1× | — |
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. 9 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 85027 (Complete blood count (CBC), automated), Medicare's benchmark rate is $6.47. A fair self-pay target for this line is $12.94. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 85027 is $89.60, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $37.91–$148.59. 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 85027 cost in California?
For complete blood count (CBC), automated (CPT 85027) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $86, with hospitals ranging from $38 to $149 across 92 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $6, 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), automated cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for complete blood count (CBC), automated (CPT 85027) in California is around $86, with hospital prices ranging from $38 to $149 across 92 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 85027?
Medicare pays about $6 for complete blood count (CBC), automated (CPT 85027). 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), automated?
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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If you were charged more than the fair price, you can usually negotiate it down. Paste your itemized bill to get a personalized appeal letter, the exact numbers to cite, an AI negotiation coach, and a charity-care eligibility check — free.
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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.