Blood glucose test cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for Blood glucose (sugar) test: from $37.52 to $155.60, with a median of $114.00. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara and 1 other hospital — $76.48 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $37.52 at 92 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 82947, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara lowest Santa Clara, CA GLUCOSE QUANTITATIVE BLOOD XCPT REAGENT STRIP | $37.52 | $67.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose lowest San Jose, CA GLUCOSE QUANTITATIVE BLOOD XCPT REAGENT STRIP | $37.52 | $67.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 44% | — source file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA HC GLUCOSE | $114.00 | $456.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA HC GLUCOSE, POCT-EPOC | $114.00 | $456.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA HC Bmt II Glucose Blood Quant | $120.00 | $240.00 | $116.62 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA HC Glucose, Serum/Plasma | $155.60 | $389.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA HC Bmt I Glucose | $155.60 | $389.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA HC Med Emerg Glucose | $155.60 | $389.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA HC Glucose Quant | $155.60 | $389.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA HC Med Emerg Glucose Bld Quant | $194.50 | $389.00 | $189.02 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA HC Glucose Pcglucose | $194.50 | $389.00 | $189.02 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA HC Bmt I Glucose Blood Quant | $194.50 | $389.00 | $189.02 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA HC Glucose Serum/Plasma | $194.50 | $389.00 | $189.02 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $37.52, median $114.00, highest $155.60 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $75.76. 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
This test measures the sugar in a blood sample. Fasting glucose is a standard test for diabetes and prediabetes.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.