NIPT prenatal DNA test cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for prenatal cell-free DNA screen for trisomy 21, 18 and 13 (NIPT): from $250.43 to $2,757.00, with a median of $1,736.00. The lowest listed price is at St. Rose Hospital — $1,485.57 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,736.00 at 39 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,736.00, is 66% above the US median of $1,043.03.
- That is 2.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($759.05).
- 1 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 11 cities for code 81420, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 23, 2026 and Jul 22, 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Rose Hospital lowest Hayward, CA · (510) 782-6200 LC-CELL FREE FETAL DNA GEN SEQ File of Feb 23, 2026 · source file | $250.43 | $834.75 | $417.38–$1,897.62 | 70% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY GENOMIC SEQ ANALYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,736.00 | $3,100.00 | $110.00–$344.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY GENOMIC SEQ ANALYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,736.00 | $3,100.00 | $110.00–$344.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY GENOMIC SEQ ANALYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,736.00 | $3,100.00 | $110.00–$344.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY GENOMIC SEQ ANALYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,736.00 | $3,100.00 | $110.00–$344.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY GENOMIC SEQ ANALYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,736.00 | $3,100.00 | $110.00–$344.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY GENOMIC SEQ ANALYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,736.00 | $3,100.00 | $110.00–$344.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY GENOMIC SEQ ANALYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,736.00 | $3,100.00 | $110.00–$344.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY GENOMIC SEQ ANALYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,736.00 | $3,100.00 | $110.00–$344.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY GENOMIC SEQ ANALYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,736.00 | $3,100.00 | $110.00–$344.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY GENOMIC SEQ ANALYS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,736.00 | $3,100.00 | $110.00–$344.00 | 44% |
| Chinese Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 677-2480 Test for detecting genes associated with fetal disease, aneuploidy genomic sequence analysis panel File of Jul 22, 2026 · source file | $2,757.00 | $2,757.00 | $260.90–$20,927.01 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $250.43, median $1,736.00, highest $2,757.00 — a 11.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $1,736.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 12 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.
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