Lipase Cost in California
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 232 California hospitals. CPT 83690. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $48.70
📉 Low $1.36
📈 High $854
🏥 232 hospitals
🏛️ 176 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — California
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 232 hospitals.
Billed more than $48.70 for this? That gap is evidence.
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| Hospital | Cash | BCBS | Aetna | Health Net | Kaiser | UHC | Cigna | MultiPlan | Humana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL SACRAMENTO |
$1.36 | $2.93 | $6.22 | $6.22 | $2.56 | $6.22 | $15.26 | $4.98 | $6.22 |
| MERCY SAN JUAN HOSPITAL CARMICHAEL |
$1.71 | $1.93 | $6.22 | $6.22 | $2.56 | $6.22 | $15.26 | $5.17 | $6.22 |
| WOODLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WOODLAND |
$1.71 | $3.49 | $6.22 | $6.22 | $2.56 | $6.22 | $2.62 | $5.73 | — |
| ST. JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON STOCKTON |
$1.77 | $3.78 | $6.00 | $6.00 | $1.26 | $2.70 | $6.00 | $4.92 | $6.00 |
| METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO |
$1.80 | $2.31 | $6.22 | $6.22 | $2.56 | $6.22 | $15.26 | $5.17 | $6.22 |
| WATSONVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WATSONVILLE |
$1.83 | $6.89 | — | $6.89 | $6.89 | $6.89 | — | — | — |
| JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CENTER-CONCORD CAMPUS CONCORD |
$1.91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CENTER-WALNUT CREEK CAMPUS WALNUT CREEK |
$1.91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JOHN MUIR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER CONCORD |
$1.91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SAINT AGNES MEDICAL CENTER FRESNO |
$1.98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES |
$2.00 | $4.31 | — | $3.15 | — | $9.38 | — | $8.41 | — |
| BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BAKERSFIELD |
$2.21 | $3.90 | $6.00 | $6.00 | $6.00 | $6.00 | $19.81 | $4.74 | $6.00 |
| NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER NORTHRIDGE |
$2.22 | $1.12 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $12.57 | $6.36 | $6.89 |
| MERCY HOSPITAL DOWNTOWN BAKERSFIELD |
$2.23 | $3.84 | $6.00 | $6.00 | $6.00 | $6.00 | $19.81 | $4.80 | $6.00 |
| UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OAKLAND OAKLAND |
$2.30 | — | — | — | — | $6.89 | — | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM FOLSOM |
$2.42 | $3.43 | $6.22 | $6.22 | $2.56 | $6.22 | $15.26 | $5.11 | $6.22 |
| DIGNITY HEALTH GLENDALE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER GLENDALE |
$2.60 | $1.59 | $7.95 | $1.99 | $4.46 | $6.89 | $15.37 | $6.36 | $6.89 |
| ST. BERNARDINE MEDICAL CENTER SAN BERNARDINO |
$2.65 | $2.07 | $7.95 | $6.89 | $2.39 | $6.89 | $19.77 | $6.36 | $6.89 |
| EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER RANCHO MIRAGE |
$2.81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SEQUOIA HOSPITAL REDWOOD CITY |
$2.90 | $1.75 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $6.13 | $6.89 | $23.99 | $6.52 | $6.89 |
| TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER OCEANSIDE |
$3.00 | $14.64 | $6.89 | $10.34 | — | — | $74.00 | $6.89 | — |
| CITY OF HOPE DUARTE - MAIN CAMPUS DUARTE |
$3.04 | $1.80 | $3.04 | $2.95 | $2.74 | $1.70 | $3.26 | $5.47 | — |
| UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER SACRAMENTO |
$3.07 | $6.89 | — | $6.89 | — | $7.15 | — | — | — |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE MEDICAL CENTER ORANGE |
$3.07 | $7.23 | $6.89 | $7.03 | $7.92 | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED MERCED |
$3.09 | $1.74 | $6.00 | $6.00 | $4.14 | $6.00 | $3.90 | $5.64 | $6.00 |
| ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER COLTON |
$3.10 | $2.25 | — | $6.08 | $1.84 | — | — | $2.23 | — |
| COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO SAN BERNARDINO |
$3.11 | $1.59 | $7.95 | $9.78 | $4.93 | $6.89 | $19.77 | $6.36 | $6.89 |
| FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN LUIS OBISPO |
$3.12 | $3.82 | $6.89 | $4.46 | $4.93 | $6.89 | $20.88 | $7.80 | $6.89 |
| ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL CAMARILLO CAMARILLO |
$3.30 | $3.58 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $4.93 | $6.89 | $18.29 | $6.36 | $6.89 |
| SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRASS VALLEY |
$3.39 | $4.86 | $6.22 | $6.22 | $4.79 | $4.17 | $5.42 | $6.10 | $6.22 |
| DIGNITY HEALTH - MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SANTA MARIA |
$3.41 | $5.01 | $6.89 | $9.78 | $5.01 | $6.89 | $17.76 | $7.80 | $6.89 |
| ARROYO GRANDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ARROYO GRANDE |
$3.41 | $5.01 | $6.89 | $9.78 | $5.01 | $6.89 | $17.76 | $7.80 | $6.89 |
| ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER BOX 887 |
$3.42 | $3.03 | $7.95 | $6.89 | $5.57 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $6.36 | $6.89 |
| ST. JOSEPH'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER STOCKTON |
$3.43 | — | $3.18 | — | $3.00 | — | $4.80 | $4.62 | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL ONTARIO ONTARIO |
$3.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL BREA BREA |
$3.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL RANCHO RANCHO CUCAMONGA |
$3.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL RIVERSIDE PERRIS |
$3.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WEST COVINA |
$3.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES |
$3.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL BALDWIN PARK BALDWIN PARK |
$3.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL SANTA ANA SANTA ANA |
$3.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO |
$3.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL WESTMINSTER WESTMINSTER |
$3.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL SOUTH BAY GARDENA |
$3.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. JOHN'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER OXNARD |
$3.49 | $3.58 | $5.57 | $6.89 | $4.93 | $5.57 | $18.29 | $6.21 | $6.89 |
| USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL W HUNTINGTON DRIVE ARCADIA |
$3.50 | $15.23 | $34.94 | $53.13 | $100 | $12.77 | $9.45 | $63.00 | $100 |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING REDDING |
$3.50 | $2.76 | $6.89 | $6.69 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $5.52 | $6.76 | $6.89 |
| DOMINICAN HOSPITAL SANTA CRUZ |
$3.58 | $3.66 | $7.95 | $6.89 | $5.17 | $6.89 | $61.72 | $6.76 | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SAN LEANDRO |
$3.78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MARINHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER GREENBRAE |
$3.78 | $8.61 | $6.30 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $6.30 | $6.30 | $82.00 | $90.00 |
| JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INDIO |
$3.96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL RED BLUFF |
$4.03 | $3.86 | $4.83 | $6.76 | $6.89 | $6.21 | $5.03 | $6.76 | $6.89 |
| UCI HEALTH - PLACENTIA LINDA PLACENTIA |
$4.50 | $7.23 | $6.89 | $7.03 | $7.92 | — | — | — | — |
| UCI HEALTH - LOS ALAMITOS LOS ALAMITOS |
$4.50 | $7.23 | $6.89 | $7.03 | $7.92 | — | — | — | — |
| UCI HEALTH - FOUNTAIN VALLEY FOUNTAIN VALLEY |
$4.50 | $7.23 | $6.89 | $7.03 | $7.92 | — | — | — | — |
| UCI HEALTH - LAKEWOOD LAKEWOOD |
$4.80 | $7.23 | $6.89 | $7.03 | $7.92 | — | — | — | — |
| COLLEGE HOSPITAL CERRITOS |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| COLLEGE HOSPITAL COSTA MESA COSTA MESA |
$5.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OROVILLE HOSPITAL OROVILLE |
$5.00 | $9.00 | — | $7.00 | — | $8.00 | $7.00 | $7.00 | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 83690, 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: $64.00 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $48.70 for this?
That is the median of what the 232 California hospitals above publish for Lipase — 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 lipase cost in California?
- Cash prices for lipase (CPT 83690) in California range from $1.36 to $854, with a median of $48.70. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest lipase in California?
- The cheapest California hospital published cash price for this procedure is $1.36. 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 83690 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.