Home › Hemoglobin a1c level › California
Hemoglobin A1c Level Cost in California
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 235 California hospitals. CPT 83036. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $41.34
📉 Low $1.09
📈 High $816
🏥 235 hospitals
🏛️ 178 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — California
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 235 hospitals.
Billed more than $41.34 for this? That gap is evidence.
Build my dispute letter
| Hospital | Cash | BCBS | Aetna | Health Net | UHC | Kaiser | Cigna | MultiPlan | Humana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL SACRAMENTO |
$1.09 | $2.35 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $2.05 | $21.50 | $4.00 | $5.00 |
| PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PALMDALE |
$1.20 | — | $58.31 | — | — | — | $1.08 | $2.70 | — |
| SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL TEMECULA |
$1.20 | — | $58.31 | — | $9.80 | — | $1.08 | $2.70 | — |
| MERCY SAN JUAN HOSPITAL CARMICHAEL |
$1.37 | $1.55 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $2.05 | $21.50 | $4.15 | $5.00 |
| WOODLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WOODLAND |
$1.37 | $2.80 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $2.05 | $2.10 | $4.60 | — |
| NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER NORTHRIDGE |
$1.40 | — | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $17.70 | $4.00 | $5.00 |
| METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO |
$1.44 | $1.85 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $2.05 | $21.50 | $4.15 | $5.00 |
| ST. JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON STOCKTON |
$1.47 | $3.15 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $2.25 | $1.05 | $5.00 | $4.10 | $5.00 |
| UCSF LANGLEY PORTER PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL - MOUNT ZION 7TH FLOOR |
$1.50 | $12.14 | — | — | $11.65 | — | — | — | — |
| UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO |
$1.50 | $12.14 | — | — | $11.65 | — | — | — | — |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES |
$1.71 | $3.69 | — | $2.70 | $13.21 | — | — | $7.20 | — |
| EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER TURLOCK |
$1.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INDIO |
$1.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HI-DESERT MEDICAL CENTER JOSHUA TREE |
$1.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SAN RAMON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN RAMON |
$1.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PROVIDENCE ST. JUDE MEDICAL CENTER FULLERTON |
$1.80 | $15.51 | $9.71 | $17.96 | $19.42 | — | — | — | — |
| PROVIDENCE ST. MARY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER APPLE VALLEY |
$1.80 | $115 | $9.71 | — | $19.42 | $24.62 | — | — | — |
| PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL - ORANGE ORANGE |
$1.80 | $15.51 | $9.71 | $17.96 | $19.42 | — | — | — | — |
| PROVIDENCE MISSION HOSPITAL LAGUNA BEACH LAGUNA BEACH |
$1.80 | $15.51 | $9.71 | $17.96 | $19.42 | — | — | — | — |
| SEQUOIA HOSPITAL REDWOOD CITY |
$1.82 | $1.10 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $3.85 | $33.80 | $4.10 | $5.00 |
| BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BAKERSFIELD |
$1.84 | $3.25 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $27.90 | $3.95 | $5.00 |
| MERCY HOSPITAL DOWNTOWN BAKERSFIELD |
$1.86 | $3.20 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $27.90 | $4.00 | $5.00 |
| PROVIDENCE REDWOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FORTUNA |
$1.91 | $114 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL EUREKA EUREKA |
$1.91 | $114 | $9.71 | — | $19.42 | — | — | — | — |
| PROVIDENCE SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SANTA ROSA |
$1.91 | $85.20 | $9.71 | $9.52 | $19.42 | — | — | — | — |
| PETALUMA VALLEY HOSPITAL PETALUMA |
$1.91 | $79.25 | $9.71 | $9.52 | $19.42 | — | — | — | — |
| PROVIDENCE QUEEN OF THE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER NAPA |
$1.91 | $100 | $9.71 | — | $19.42 | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM FOLSOM |
$1.95 | $2.75 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $2.05 | $21.50 | $4.10 | $5.00 |
| FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN LUIS OBISPO |
$1.96 | $2.40 | $5.00 | $2.80 | $5.00 | $3.10 | $29.40 | $4.90 | $5.00 |
| ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL CAMARILLO CAMARILLO |
$2.08 | $2.25 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $3.10 | $25.76 | $4.00 | $5.00 |
| ARROYO GRANDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ARROYO GRANDE |
$2.14 | $3.15 | $5.00 | $6.15 | $5.00 | $3.15 | $25.01 | $4.90 | $5.00 |
| DIGNITY HEALTH - MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SANTA MARIA |
$2.14 | $3.15 | $5.00 | $6.15 | $5.00 | $3.15 | $25.01 | $4.90 | $5.00 |
| ST. JOHN'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER OXNARD |
$2.19 | $2.25 | $3.50 | $5.00 | $3.50 | $3.10 | $25.76 | $3.90 | $5.00 |
| TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER OCEANSIDE |
$2.40 | $20.63 | $9.71 | $14.57 | — | — | $74.00 | $9.71 | — |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING REDDING |
$2.54 | $2.00 | $5.00 | $4.85 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $4.00 | $4.90 | $5.00 |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED MERCED |
$2.58 | $1.45 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $3.45 | $3.25 | $4.70 | $5.00 |
| JOHN MUIR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER CONCORD |
$2.59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CENTER-WALNUT CREEK CAMPUS WALNUT CREEK |
$2.59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CENTER-CONCORD CAMPUS CONCORD |
$2.59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRASS VALLEY |
$2.73 | $3.90 | $5.00 | $5.00 | $3.35 | $3.85 | $4.35 | $4.90 | $5.00 |
| LOS ROBLES HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER THOUSAND OAKS |
$2.75 | $9.90 | — | $1.10 | — | — | $34.15 | $2.20 | $9.71 |
| ST. JOSEPH'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER STOCKTON |
$2.86 | — | $2.65 | — | — | $2.50 | $4.00 | $3.85 | — |
| UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OAKLAND OAKLAND |
$2.88 | — | — | — | $9.71 | — | — | — | — |
| ST. ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL RED BLUFF |
$2.92 | $2.80 | $3.50 | $4.90 | $4.50 | $5.00 | $3.65 | $4.90 | $5.00 |
| ANAHEIM COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ANAHEIM |
$2.97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TEMECULA VALLEY HOSPITAL TEMECULA |
$3.00 | — | $11.61 | — | $6.83 | — | $1.08 | $2.70 | — |
| OROVILLE HOSPITAL OROVILLE |
$3.00 | $5.00 | — | $4.00 | $4.00 | — | $4.00 | $4.00 | — |
| SAINT AGNES MEDICAL CENTER FRESNO |
$3.12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL LANCASTER |
$3.25 | $17.28 | $12.40 | $9.71 | $42.30 | $30.00 | $45.22 | $81.00 | $9.90 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE MEDICAL CENTER ORANGE |
$3.84 | $10.20 | $9.71 | $9.90 | — | $11.17 | — | — | — |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MT. SHASTA BOX 239 |
$3.89 | $5.00 | $4.35 | $4.65 | $4.30 | $5.00 | $4.10 | $4.90 | $5.00 |
| EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER RANCHO MIRAGE |
$3.96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF HUNTINGTON PARK HUNTINGTON PARK |
$4.00 | $2.71 | — | $9.71 | $4.08 | — | $1.88 | $3.12 | — |
| COAST PLAZA HOSPITAL NORWALK |
$4.00 | $2.71 | — | $9.71 | $4.08 | — | $1.88 | $3.12 | — |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT MISSION 5TH FL |
$4.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GARDENA GARDENA |
$4.00 | $2.71 | — | $9.71 | $4.08 | — | $1.88 | $3.12 | $9.71 |
| EAST LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES |
$4.00 | $2.71 | — | $9.71 | $4.08 | — | $1.88 | $3.12 | $9.71 |
| COTTAGE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL SANTA BARBARA |
$4.03 | $10.20 | — | $10.97 | $9.52 | — | — | — | — |
| SANTA YNEZ VALLEY COTTAGE HOSPITAL SOLVANG |
$4.03 | $9.71 | — | $9.71 | $9.71 | — | — | — | — |
| SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL SANTA BARBARA |
$4.03 | $10.20 | — | $10.97 | $9.52 | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 83036, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $55.20 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $41.34 for this?
That is the median of what the 235 California hospitals above publish for Hemoglobin a1c level — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
Build my dispute letter — freeNo account, no signup. Your bill never leaves your browser.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does hemoglobin a1c level cost in California?
- Cash prices for hemoglobin a1c level (CPT 83036) in California range from $1.09 to $816, with a median of $41.34. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest hemoglobin a1c level in California?
- The cheapest California hospital published cash price for this procedure is $1.09. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
Hemoglobin a1c level in nearby states
Other procedures in California
Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each California facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 83036 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.