Vitamin D 1,25 test cost in Santa Cruz, CA
In Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxy blood test: from $208.00 to $1,112.10, with a median of $660.05. The lowest listed price is at Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz — $452.05 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $72.38 at 128 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 82652, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz lowest Santa Cruz, CA · (831) 477-2200 HCHG CORE VITAMIN D (125 DI HYDROX) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $208.00 | $208.00 | — | — |
| Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CA · (831) 724-4741 DIHYDROXY VITAMIN D+1 more line at this price File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file | $1,112.10 | $1,853.50 | $38.50–$1,865.50 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $208.00, median $660.05, highest $1,112.10 — a 5.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $660.05. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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
This test measures 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D, the active hormone form. It is used for kidney disease, high calcium and some rare disorders, not to check vitamin D levels in general.
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 82652 ($136.80). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CARL-A-VIT D 1 25 80385 | $7.20 | file |
| Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAQ16558 VITD LCMSMS | $7.20 | file |