CEA test cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test: from $19.13 to $192.08, with a median of $37.83. The lowest listed price is at Good Samaritan Hospital — $18.70 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $106.38 at 189 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 6 cities for code 82378, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Samaritan Hospital lowest Los Gatos, CA · (408) 559-2011 CEA File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $19.13 | $19.13 | $2.87–$19.13 | — |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC 6956 Cea Spinal Fluid File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.53 | $76.32 | — | 60% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC PANCREATIC CYST FLUID CEA+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $37.50 | $150.00 | — | 75% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 114 Yceac Cea Spinal Fluid File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $38.16 | $76.32 | $37.08 | 50% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN CEA source file | $192.08 | $343.00 | $18.00–$55.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN CEA source file | $192.08 | $343.00 | $18.00–$55.00 | 44% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC Cea File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $325.20 | $813.00 | — | 60% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Cea File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $406.50 | $813.00 | $395.04 | 50% |
Outpatient: lowest $19.13, median $37.83, highest $192.08 — a 10.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $114.79. 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 CEA test measures a protein that can be high in colorectal and some other cancers. It is used to follow treatment and watch for recurrence, not to screen healthy people.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82378 ($109.74). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC CEA, FLUID | $4.18 | file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CAHC 6956 Cea | $4.49 | file |