Bilirubin test cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for bilirubin blood test, total: from $4.40 to $113.20, with a median of $45.39. The lowest listed price is at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford — $40.99 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $45.24 at 208 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 6 cities for code 82247, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Sep 1, 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford lowest Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 100 Bilirubin, Fluid File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $4.40 | $8.80 | $4.28 | 50% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Los Gatos, CA · (408) 559-2011 BILIRUBIN TOT FL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $13.81 | $13.81 | $2.07–$13.81 | — |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 97 Lab458 Liver Fibrosis File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $24.66 | $49.33 | $23.97 | 50% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC BILIRUBIN; TOTAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $27.50 | $110.00 | — | 75% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Los Gatos, CA · (408) 559-2011 BILIRUBIN TOT BLD File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $29.75 | $29.75 | $4.46–$29.75 | — |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 BILIRUBIN TOTAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $63.28 | $113.00 | $5.00–$15.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 BILIRUBIN TOTAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $63.28 | $113.00 | $5.00–$15.00 | 44% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC Bilirubin, Total+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $113.20 | $283.00 | — | 60% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Bilirubin, Total, Fluid+2 more lines at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $141.50 | $283.00 | $137.51 | 50% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Bilirubin Total Newborn File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $281.00 | $562.00 | $273.08 | 50% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Los Gatos, CA · (408) 559-2011 BILIRUBIN TOT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $531.25 | $531.25 | $79.69–$531.25 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $4.40, median $45.39, highest $113.20 — a 25.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $63.28. 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 0 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
A total bilirubin test measures bilirubin, a yellow pigment from the breakdown of red blood cells. It is used for yellow skin or eyes (jaundice), liver and gallbladder problems, and in newborns.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.