Homocysteine test cost in Santa Cruz, CA
In Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for homocysteine blood test: from $318.00 to $318.00, with a median of $318.00. Across California, the median is $71.25 at 175 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 83090, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA · (831) 477-2200 HCHG CORE HOMOCYSTINE | $318.00 | $318.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $318.00, median $318.00, highest $318.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $318.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
A homocysteine test measures an amino acid that rises with low vitamin B12 or folate and in some inherited conditions.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83090 ($121.60). 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.
| Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CARL-A-HOMOCY-QNT 99869 | $5.85 | file |
| Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAHOMOCYSTEINE | $7.14 | file |
| Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAASSAY OF HOMOCYSTEINE | $7.14 | file |