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PSA test (prostate) in Birmingham, AL costs $31 to $726. Here's every hospital's price.

6 hospitals in the Birmingham, AL metro area publish a cash price for psa test (prostate) (CPT 84153). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Birmingham, AL metro area, 6 hospitals list a cash price for psa test (prostate) (CPT 84153). The lowest is $31 at Grandview Medical Center, the median is $579 and the highest is $726 at Princeton Baptist Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 23 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Birmingham, AL median of $579 is 972% above the national median of $54 across 551 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

6 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $12 to $463. 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 June 2026. 8 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.

$31
lowest cash price in Birmingham, AL
Grandview Medical Center · 6 mi
$548 below the median
$579
median cash price
6 hospitals
23×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
6/14
hospitals with a cash price
8 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Grandview Medical Center

Birmingham · 6 mi · File Apr 2026

$31
list $206 · lowest of 4 lines
2
Medical West, An Affiliate of UAB Health System

Bessemer · 12 mi · File Jun 2026

$36
list $48 · lowest of 8 lines
3
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital

Birmingham · 2 mi · File Apr 2026

$579
list $579
4
Shelby Baptist Medical Center

Alabaster · 15 mi · File Apr 2026

$726
list $726 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Walker Baptist Medical Center

Jasper · 36 mi · File Apr 2026

$726
list $726 · lowest of 2 lines
6
Princeton Baptist Medical Center

Birmingham · 3 mi · File Apr 2026

$726
list $726 · lowest of 2 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 84153. 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 84153, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About psa test (prostate)

CPT 84153 is a total PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test, used to screen for and monitor prostate cancer and to follow prostate enlargement. It is a single blood test, usually ordered with a routine physical for men from around age 50, or earlier with family history.

What the price covers

The laboratory analysis only. The blood draw is a separate small charge. A "free PSA" test (84154) is a different code sometimes ordered alongside it.

Why prices vary

A PSA test costs a laboratory a few dollars. Hospital cash prices range from under $20 to several hundred dollars for the same test. Independent laboratories and direct-to-consumer lab services are usually the cheapest route; results are equivalent.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 84153 plus the blood draw?
  • Is a free-PSA test also being ordered?
  • Can the sample be sent 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.

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