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Lactic Acid Level Cost in California
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 233 California hospitals. CPT 83605. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $85.80
📉 Low $2.10
📈 High $1,134
🏥 233 hospitals
🏛️ 176 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — California
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 233 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | BCBS | Aetna | Health Net | Kaiser | UHC | Cigna | MultiPlan | Humana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL SACRAMENTO |
$2.10 | $4.53 | $9.63 | $9.63 | $3.95 | $9.63 | $25.62 | $7.71 | $9.63 |
| NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER NORTHRIDGE |
$2.22 | $1.12 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $21.09 | $6.36 | $7.95 |
| UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OAKLAND OAKLAND |
$2.30 | — | — | — | — | $11.57 | — | — | — |
| ST. JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON STOCKTON |
$2.34 | $5.01 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $1.67 | $3.58 | $7.95 | $6.52 | $7.95 |
| DIGNITY HEALTH GLENDALE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER GLENDALE |
$2.60 | $1.59 | $7.95 | $1.99 | $4.46 | $7.95 | $25.80 | $6.36 | $7.95 |
| MERCY SAN JUAN HOSPITAL CARMICHAEL |
$2.64 | $2.99 | $9.63 | $9.63 | $3.95 | $9.63 | $25.62 | $8.00 | $9.63 |
| WOODLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WOODLAND |
$2.64 | $5.40 | $9.63 | $9.63 | $3.95 | $9.63 | $4.05 | $8.86 | — |
| ST. BERNARDINE MEDICAL CENTER SAN BERNARDINO |
$2.65 | $2.07 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $2.39 | $7.95 | $33.19 | $6.36 | $7.95 |
| METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO |
$2.78 | $3.57 | $9.63 | $9.63 | $3.95 | $9.63 | $25.62 | $8.00 | $9.63 |
| BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BAKERSFIELD |
$2.92 | $5.17 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $33.25 | $6.29 | $7.95 |
| MERCY HOSPITAL DOWNTOWN BAKERSFIELD |
$2.95 | $5.09 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $33.25 | $6.36 | $7.95 |
| COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO SAN BERNARDINO |
$3.11 | $1.59 | $7.95 | $9.78 | $4.93 | $7.95 | $33.19 | $6.36 | $7.95 |
| FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN LUIS OBISPO |
$3.12 | $3.82 | $7.95 | $4.46 | $4.93 | $7.95 | $35.04 | $7.80 | $7.95 |
| EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER RANCHO MIRAGE |
$3.14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL CAMARILLO CAMARILLO |
$3.30 | $3.58 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $4.93 | $7.95 | $30.70 | $6.36 | $7.95 |
| DIGNITY HEALTH - MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SANTA MARIA |
$3.41 | $5.01 | $7.95 | $9.78 | $5.01 | $7.95 | $29.81 | $7.80 | $7.95 |
| ARROYO GRANDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ARROYO GRANDE |
$3.41 | $5.01 | $7.95 | $9.78 | $5.01 | $7.95 | $29.81 | $7.80 | $7.95 |
| ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER BOX 887 |
$3.42 | $3.03 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $5.57 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $6.36 | $7.95 |
| ST. JOHN'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER OXNARD |
$3.49 | $3.58 | $5.57 | $7.95 | $4.93 | $5.57 | $30.70 | $6.21 | $7.95 |
| PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PALMDALE |
$3.60 | — | $64.18 | — | $1.58 | — | $3.23 | $8.10 | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM FOLSOM |
$3.75 | $5.30 | $9.63 | $9.63 | $3.95 | $9.63 | $25.62 | $7.90 | $9.63 |
| CORONA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CORONA |
$4.00 | — | $12.78 | — | $2.92 | $13.88 | $3.23 | $8.10 | — |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES |
$4.01 | $8.65 | — | $6.33 | — | $14.53 | — | $16.88 | — |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING REDDING |
$4.04 | $3.18 | $7.95 | $7.72 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $6.36 | $7.80 | $7.95 |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED MERCED |
$4.10 | $2.31 | $7.95 | $7.95 | $5.49 | $7.95 | $5.17 | $7.48 | $7.95 |
| SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL TEMECULA |
$4.40 | — | $64.18 | — | $3.27 | $10.80 | $3.95 | $9.90 | — |
| ST. JOSEPH'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER STOCKTON |
$4.54 | — | $4.22 | — | $3.98 | — | $6.36 | $6.13 | — |
| ST. ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL RED BLUFF |
$4.65 | $4.46 | $5.57 | $7.80 | $7.95 | $7.16 | $5.81 | $7.80 | $7.95 |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WEST COVINA |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL RANCHO RANCHO CUCAMONGA |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL BREA BREA |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL SANTA ANA SANTA ANA |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL ONTARIO ONTARIO |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL RIVERSIDE PERRIS |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL BALDWIN PARK BALDWIN PARK |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL WESTMINSTER WESTMINSTER |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL SOUTH BAY GARDENA |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BIG BEAR LAKE |
$5.13 | $4.95 | — | $5.13 | — | $6.23 | — | — | — |
| SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRASS VALLEY |
$5.25 | $7.52 | $9.63 | $9.63 | $7.42 | $6.46 | $8.38 | $9.44 | $9.63 |
| JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INDIO |
$5.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CITY OF HOPE DUARTE - MAIN CAMPUS DUARTE |
$5.91 | $3.50 | $5.91 | $5.73 | $5.31 | $3.31 | $6.34 | $10.63 | — |
| GOLETA VALLEY COTTAGE HOSPITAL SANTA BARBARA |
$5.93 | $12.15 | — | $13.07 | — | $11.34 | — | — | — |
| SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL SANTA BARBARA |
$5.93 | $12.15 | — | $13.07 | — | $11.34 | — | — | — |
| SANTA YNEZ VALLEY COTTAGE HOSPITAL SOLVANG |
$5.93 | $11.57 | — | $11.57 | — | $11.57 | — | — | — |
| COTTAGE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL SANTA BARBARA |
$5.93 | $12.15 | — | $13.07 | — | $11.34 | — | — | — |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MT. SHASTA BOX 239 |
$6.19 | $7.95 | $6.92 | $7.40 | $7.95 | $6.84 | $6.52 | $7.80 | $7.95 |
| DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF MANTECA MANTECA |
$6.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE MEDICAL CENTER ORANGE |
$7.26 | $12.15 | $11.57 | $11.80 | $13.31 | — | — | — | — |
| UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER SACRAMENTO |
$7.26 | $11.57 | — | $11.57 | — | $12.01 | — | — | — |
| GLENDORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LONG BEACH |
$7.28 | $9.41 | $11.57 | $9.41 | $8.74 | — | $9.47 | $12.38 | — |
| MEMORIALCARE SADDLEBACK MEDICAL CENTER LAGUNA HILLS |
$8.00 | $11.34 | $11.57 | — | — | $10.41 | $17.75 | — | — |
| MEMORIALCARE ORANGE COAST MEDICAL CENTER FOUNTAIN VALLEY |
$8.00 | $11.34 | — | — | — | $10.41 | $17.82 | — | — |
| MEMORIALCARE MILLER CHILDRENS AND WOMENS HOSPITAL LONG BEACH |
$8.00 | $12.12 | — | — | — | $10.41 | $17.60 | — | — |
| MEMORIALCARE LONG BEACH MEDICAL CENTER LONG BEACH |
$8.00 | $12.12 | $11.57 | — | — | $10.41 | $17.75 | — | — |
| GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL-BAKERSFIELD BAKERSFIELD |
$8.10 | $11.57 | $60.00 | $11.57 | — | $80.00 | — | — | — |
| TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER OCEANSIDE |
$10.20 | $22.70 | $11.57 | $17.36 | — | $9.37 | $74.00 | $11.57 | — |
| TEMECULA VALLEY HOSPITAL TEMECULA |
$11.00 | — | $12.78 | — | $3.27 | $7.53 | $3.95 | $9.90 | — |
| CHINO VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER CHINO |
$11.00 | $10.80 | $14.78 | $11.56 | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 83605, 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: $74.25 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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That is the median of what the 233 California hospitals above publish for Lactic acid level — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does lactic acid level cost in California?
- Cash prices for lactic acid level (CPT 83605) in California range from $2.10 to $1,134, with a median of $85.80. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest lactic acid level in California?
- The cheapest California hospital published cash price for this procedure is $2.10. 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.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each California facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 83605 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.