Aldosterone test cost in Stockton, CA
In Stockton-Lodi, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for aldosterone blood test: from $18.65 to $70.56, with a median of $44.61. The lowest listed price is at St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center — $25.96 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $40.00 at 124 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 82088, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 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 Stockton-Lodi, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center lowest Stockton, CA RL-Q-ALDOSTERONE URINE | $18.65 | $32.66 | $3.27–$32.66 | 43% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca Manteca, CA · (209) 825-3700 ASSAY OF ALDOSTERONE | $70.56 | $126.00 | $38.00–$120.00 | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $18.65, median $44.61, highest $70.56 — a 3.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $44.61. 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 2 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 aldosterone test measures an adrenal hormone that controls salt and blood pressure. It is ordered with renin for high blood pressure that is hard to control or low potassium.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
8 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82088 ($124.00). 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.
| St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CARL-A-ALDOST 70015 | $3.53 | file |
| St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CARL-Q-ALDOSTERONE SERUM | $5.74 | file |
| St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CARL-A-ALDO U 70480 | $5.88 | file |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CARL-A-ALDOST 70015 | $6.86 | file |
| St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CARL-Q-ALDOSTERONE URINE | $9.61 | file |
| Dameron Hospital Stockton, CAAldosterone hormone level | $10.80 | file |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CARL-Q-ALDOSTERONE SERUM | $11.14 | file |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CARL-A-ALDO U 70480 | $11.42 | file |