Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in San Diego, CA
In San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, 15 hospitals list a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT): from $4.00 to $39.00, with a median of $22.94. The lowest listed price is at Paradise Valley Hospital — $18.94 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $39.00 at 198 hospitals.
- The median here, $22.94, is 13% below the US median of $26.48.
- That is 5.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.38).
- San Diego, CA has the lowest median of 5 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 8 cities for code 82270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 30, 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 Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Valley Hospital lowest National City, CA · (619) 470-4321 FOBT 3SPEC - 82270 - 6010045+3 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4.00 | $54.00 | $3.35–$60.00 | 93% |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Encinitas, CA · (760) 753-6501 HC Occult Bloodbf File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $7.38 | $29.51 | $2.36–$23.61 | 75% |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista San Diego, CA · (619) 294-8111 HC Occult Bloodbf File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $7.38 | $29.51 | $2.36–$23.61 | 75% |
| Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla, CA · (858) 554-3600 HC Occult Bloodbf File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $7.38 | $29.51 | $2.36–$23.61 | 75% |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla La Jolla, CA · (858) 626-4123 HC Occult Bloodbf File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $7.38 | $29.51 | $2.36–$23.61 | 75% |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego San Diego, CA · (619) 294-8111 HC Occult Bloodbf File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $7.38 | $29.51 | $2.36–$23.61 | 75% |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA · (858) 576-1700 Rch Blood,Occult,By Peroxid,Feces,1-3 Simult File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $12.00 | $16.00 | — | 25% |
| UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego, CA · (619) 543-6222 Stool analysis for blood to screen for colon tumors File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $22.94 | $41.70 | $4.19–$56.30 | 45% |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA · (858) 939-3400 HC BLOOD OCCULTBY PEROXIDFECESSINGLE COLORECTAL SCREEN - OCCULT BLD File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $52.00 | $1.15–$625.89 | 25% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos San Marcos, CA · (760) 528-6295 BLOOD OCCULT PEROXIDASE ACTV QUAL FECES 1 DETER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $75.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Grossmont Hospital La Mesa, CA · (619) 465-0711 HC BLOOD OCCULTBY PEROXIDFECESSINGLE COLORECTAL SCREEN - OCCULT BLD File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $52.00 | $1.00–$41.60 | 25% |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA · (858) 576-1700 Rsp Poc Occult Blood 1-3 Scrn File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $52.00 | — | 25% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 BLOOD OCCULT PEROXIDASE ACTV QUAL FECES 1 DETER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $75.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Chula Vista, CA · (619) 502-5800 HC BLOOD OCCULTBY PEROXIDFECESSINGLE COLORECTAL SCREEN - OCCULT BLD File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $52.00 | $1.00–$50.96 | 25% |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center Coronado, CA · (619) 435-6251 HC BLOOD OCCULTBY PEROXIDFECESSINGLE COLORECTAL SCREEN - OCCULT BLD File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $52.00 | $1.30–$41.60 | 25% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Zion San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 BLOOD OCCULT PEROXIDASE ACTV QUAL FECES 1 DETER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $75.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA · (858) 576-1700 Rch Uc-Hemocult+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $65.25 | $87.00 | — | 25% |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA · (858) 576-1700 Rch Occult Bld,Feces File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $66.75 | $89.00 | — | 25% |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA · (858) 576-1700 Rch Occult Blood - Feces File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $69.75 | $93.00 | — | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $4.00, median $22.94, highest $39.00 — a 9.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $30.97. 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 14 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.
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