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Complete blood count (CBC) with differential in San Francisco, CA costs $12 to $214. Here's every hospital's price.

6 hospitals in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, 6 hospitals list a cash price for complete blood count (cbc) with differential (CPT 85025). The lowest is $12 at Washington Hospital, the median is $106 and the highest is $214 at Chinese Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 18 times the cheapest for the same code.

The San Francisco, CA median of $106 is 132% above the national median of $46 across 570 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

5 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $3 to $385. 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 April 2026 and July 2026. 32 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.

$12
lowest cash price in San Francisco, CA
Washington Hospital · 22 mi
$94 below the median
$106
median cash price
6 hospitals
18×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
6/38
hospitals with a cash price
32 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Washington Hospital

Fremont · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$12
list $15 · lowest of 28 lines
2
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Oakland · 4 mi · File Apr 2026

$42
list $140 · lowest of 3 lines
3
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

Pleasanton · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$106
list $264 · lowest of 2 lines
4
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco

South San Francisco · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$123
list $220 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

Antioch · 30 mi · File Apr 2026

$123
list $220 · lowest of 6 lines
6
Chinese Hospital

San Francisco · 7 mi · File Jul 2026

$214
list $214
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 85025. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

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.

3

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 San Francisco, CA without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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