A1C test cost in Sacramento, CA
In Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, 14 hospitals list a cash price for hemoglobin A1C blood test (average blood sugar over about 3 months): from $65.39 to $203.00, with a median of $127.10. The lowest listed price is at Marshall Medical Center — $61.71 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $65.25 at 216 hospitals.
- The median here, $127.10, is 111% above the US median of $60.20.
- That is 13.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($9.71).
- Sacramento, CA ranks 5th of 5 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 5 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 8 cities for code 83036, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 30, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 19, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Medical Center lowest Placerville, CA · (530) 622-1441 HC GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN TEST File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file | $65.39 | $114.78 | $9.71–$103.30 | 43% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville Roseville, CA · (916) 784-4000 HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $79.52 | $142.00 | $10.00–$30.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 688-2000 HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $79.52 | $142.00 | $10.00–$30.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 973-5000 HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $79.52 | $142.00 | $10.00–$30.00 | 44% |
| Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CA · (916) 453-4453 HEMOGLOBIN A1C File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $100.43 | $544.00 | $8.54–$489.60 | 82% |
| Shriners Childrens - Northern California Sacramento, CA · (916) 453-2000 HEMOGLOBIN A1C LEVEL File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $100.90 | $100.90 | $5.96–$536.00 | — |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CA · (916) 537-5000 HEMOGLOBIN A1C File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $122.53 | $544.00 | $8.54–$489.60 | 77% |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 423-6010 HEMOGLOBIN A1C File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $131.67 | $544.00 | $8.54–$467.84 | 76% |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CA · (530) 662-3961 HEMOGLOBIN A1C File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $137.64 | $544.00 | $8.54–$544.00 | 75% |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CA · (916) 983-7400 HEMOGLOBIN A1C File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $202.97 | $544.00 | $8.54–$489.60 | 63% |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville, CA · (916) 781-1000 HCHG HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $203.00 | $203.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Davis Hospital Davis, CA · (530) 757-5108 HCHG CORE HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLTD A1C+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $203.00 | $203.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 454-2222 HCHG CORE HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLTD A1C+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $203.00 | $203.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital Auburn, CA · (530) 888-4500 HCHG HEMOGLOBIN GLYCOSYLATED A1C+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $203.00 | $203.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $65.39, median $127.10, highest $203.00 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $131.67. 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 7 of 10 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 A1C test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: A1C test explained.
6 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83036 ($56.35). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CARL-A-HBA1C 70426 | $0.93 | file |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CARL-A-HBA1C 70426 | $1.13 | file |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CARL-A-HBA1C 70426 | $1.22 | file |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CARL-A-HBA1C 70426 | $1.27 | file |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CARL-A-HBA1C 70426 | $1.87 | file |
| Marshall Medical Center Placerville, CARF ARUP HEMOGLOBIN A1C | $4.87 | file |