ACTH test cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 16 hospitals list a cash price for ACTH blood test: from $44.00 to $144.00, with a median of $67.76. The lowest listed price is at Mills Health Center and 1 other hospital — $23.76 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $67.76 at 112 hospitals.
Cash prices at 16 facilities across 13 cities for code 82024, 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mills Health Center lowest San Mateo, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $44.00 | $44.00 | — | — |
| Mills-Peninsula Medical Center lowest Burlingame, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $44.00 | $44.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG CORE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $46.00 | $46.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Summit Campus-Hawthorne Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG CORE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $46.00 | $46.00 | — | — |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ACTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $67.76 | $121.00 | $35.00–$110.00 | 44% |
| Chinese Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 677-2480 Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) level File of Jul 22, 2026 · source file | $137.00 | $137.00 | $38.62–$260.90 | — |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA · (925) 847-3000 HC Acth File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $144.00 | $360.00 | — | 60% |
Outpatient: lowest $44.00, median $67.76, highest $144.00 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 15 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 11 of 11 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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82024 ($146.58). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Hospital Redwood City, CARL-A-ACTH 70010 | $3.64 | file |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CAACTH | $4.00 | file |
| St. Rose Hospital Hayward, CALC -ACTH | $5.04 | file |