Hepatitis panel cost in Santa Cruz, CA
In Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for acute hepatitis panel (hepatitis A, B and C): from $391.00 to $391.00, with a median of $391.00. Across California, the median is $272.16 at 177 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 80074, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA · (831) 477-2200 HCHG CORE HEPATITIS PNL ACUTE | $391.00 | $391.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $391.00, median $391.00, highest $391.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $391.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 80074 ($264.41). 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.
| Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAQ10306 HEP PNL W/REF | $12.00 | file |
| Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAACUTE HEPATITIS PANEL | $12.00 | file |