Complete blood count (CBC) with differential in Birmingham, AL costs $19 to $1,407. Here's every hospital's price.
7 hospitals in the Birmingham, AL metro area publish a cash price for complete blood count (cbc) with differential (CPT 85025). We read their files every month so you don't have to.
Across the Birmingham, AL metro area, 7 hospitals list a cash price for complete blood count (cbc) with differential (CPT 85025). The lowest is $19 at Medical West, An Affiliate of UAB Health System, the median is $344 and the highest is $1,407 at Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 72 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Birmingham, AL median of $344 is 654% above the national median of $46 across 570 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
7 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $5 to $150. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.
The files behind these prices are dated between March 2026 and June 2026. 7 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyBessemer · 12 mi · File Jun 2026
Birmingham · 3 mi · File Mar 2026
Birmingham · 6 mi · File Apr 2026
Alabaster · 15 mi · File Apr 2026
Jasper · 36 mi · File Apr 2026
Birmingham · 3 mi · File Apr 2026
Birmingham · 2 mi · File Apr 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 85025. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
Cash vs. insured
Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.
What to say on the phone
"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 85025, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."
About complete blood count (cbc) with differential
CPT 85025 is a complete blood count with automated differential: red cells, white cells by type, hemoglobin, hematocrit and platelets from one blood draw. It is among the most ordered tests in medicine, used for anemia, infection, bleeding disorders, chemotherapy monitoring and general check-ups.
What the price covers
The laboratory analysis only. The blood draw is a separate small charge. A CBC without differential (85027) is slightly cheaper and sometimes sufficient.
Why prices vary
A CBC costs a laboratory a few dollars on an automated analyzer. Hospital cash prices for the same test range from under $10 to over $300. Independent laboratories are usually a fraction of the hospital price.
Questions to ask
- What is the self-pay price for 85025 plus the blood draw?
- Is the differential needed, or is 85027 enough?
- Can the sample go to an independent laboratory?
Hospitals in Birmingham, AL without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Bibb Medical CenterNo price file found
- St Vincent's BirminghamFile could not be read
- St Vincent's ChiltonFile could not be read
- St Vincent's St ClairFile could not be read
- St Vincents BlountFile could not be read
- St. Vincent's EastFile could not be read
- University of Alabama HospitalFile could not be read