ACTH test cost in Sacramento, CA
In Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for ACTH blood test: from $67.76 to $401.80, with a median of $67.76. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento and 2 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $67.76 at 113 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 82024, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento lowest Sacramento, CA · (916) 688-2000 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville lowest Roseville, CA · (916) 784-4000 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento lowest Sacramento, CA · (916) 973-5000 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Shriners Childrens - Northern California Sacramento, CA · (916) 453-2000 ASSAY OF ACTH | $401.80 | $401.80 | $23.72–$536.00 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $67.76, median $67.76, highest $401.80 — a 5.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $67.76. 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 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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
An ACTH test measures the pituitary hormone that tells the adrenal glands to make cortisol. It is used with cortisol to find the cause of too much or too little cortisol.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
5 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82024 ($151.20). 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.
| Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CARL-A-ACTH 70010 | $2.18 | file |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CARL-A-ACTH 70010 | $2.74 | file |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CARL-A-ACTH 70010 | $2.74 | file |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CARL-A-ACTH 70010 | $2.88 | file |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CARL-A-ACTH 70010 | $3.89 | file |