FIT stool test cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for stool test for hidden blood by immunoassay (FIT): from $7.50 to $179.00, with a median of $70.56. The lowest listed price is at El Camino Hospital — $63.06 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $48.95 at 87 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 82274, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Apr 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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital lowest Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC 182949 OCCULT PL,FECAL,IMMUNASSAY*3 | $7.50 | $30.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 BLOOD OCCULT FECAL HGB DETER IA QUAL FECES 1-3 | $70.56 | $126.00 | $14.00–$45.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 BLOOD OCCULT FECAL HGB DETER IA QUAL FECES 1-3 | $70.56 | $126.00 | $14.00–$45.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC Occult Bld Immuno Diag | $143.20 | $358.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Occult Bld Immuno Diag | $179.00 | $358.00 | $173.95 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $7.50, median $70.56, highest $179.00 — a 23.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $70.56. 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 3 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 FIT test checks a stool sample for small amounts of blood that cannot be seen, using antibodies that detect human hemoglobin. It is a screening option for colorectal cancer, usually done yearly with a kit collected at home.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the lab test of the returned kit. A colonoscopy after a positive result is billed separately.