Hepatitis panel cost in San Diego, CA — inpatient
In San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for Acute hepatitis panel (hepatitis A, B and C) as an inpatient: from $157.50 to $415.48, with a median of $280.50. The lowest listed price is at Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego — $123.00 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $272.16 at 90 hospitals.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 6 cities for code 80074, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and May 29, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego lowest San Diego, CA Rsp Hepatitis Panel 300 | $157.50 | $210.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego lowest San Diego, CA Rsp Hepatitis Panel | $157.50 | $210.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego, CA Acute Hepatitis Panel | $182.60 | $332.00 | $39.84–$448.20 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA Rch Lab-Hepatitis Acute Pnl | $189.75 | $253.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tri-City Medical Center Oceanside, CA Rubella IgG Antibody | $232.88 | $388.13 | $271.69–$302.35 | 40% | May 29, 2026 source file |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center Coronado, CA HC HEPATITIS PANELACUTE - BUNDLED CHARGE | $280.50 | $374.00 | $65.45–$299.20 | 25% | — source file |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA HC HEPATITIS PANELACUTE - BUNDLED CHARGE | $280.50 | $374.00 | $104.72–$725.00 | 25% | — source file |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Chula Vista, CA HC HEPATITIS PANELACUTE - BUNDLED CHARGE | $280.50 | $374.00 | $52.36–$306.68 | 25% | — source file |
| Grossmont Hospital Corporation La Mesa, CA HC HEPATITIS PANELACUTE - BUNDLED CHARGE | $280.50 | $374.00 | $23.64–$299.20 | 25% | — source file |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA Rch Smh Acute Hepatitis Pnl | $283.50 | $378.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA Scripps Nicu Hc Hepatitis Acute Panel | $312.00 | $416.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos San Marcos, CA ACUTE HEPATITIS PANEL | $415.48 | $799.00 | $34.00–$100.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Zion San Diego, CA ACUTE HEPATITIS PANEL | $415.48 | $799.00 | $34.00–$100.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa San Diego, CA ACUTE HEPATITIS PANEL | $415.48 | $799.00 | $34.00–$100.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Tri-City Medical Center Oceanside, CA Hep Acute Pnl | $464.51 | $774.18 | $541.93–$603.09 | 40% | May 29, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $157.50, median $280.50, highest $415.48 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $280.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 6 of 9 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
The acute hepatitis panel checks for recent hepatitis A, recent or current hepatitis B and hepatitis C antibodies in one order.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80074 ($238.38). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Tri-City Medical Center Oceanside, CAHepatitis Panel (4) LC | $21.11 | file |