Insulin test cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for Insulin blood test: from $53.00 to $66.64, with a median of $66.64. The lowest listed price is at Chinese Hospital Association — $13.64 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $66.64 at 83 hospitals.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 9 cities for code 83525, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 22, 2026 and Jul 22, 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Hospital Association lowest San Francisco, CA Insulin measurement, total | $53.00 | $53.00 | $6.06–$260.90 | — | Jul 22, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco, CA ASSAY OF INSULIN TOTAL | $66.64 | $119.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland, CA ASSAY OF INSULIN TOTAL | $66.64 | $119.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco, CA ASSAY OF INSULIN TOTAL | $66.64 | $119.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, CA ASSAY OF INSULIN TOTAL | $66.64 | $119.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont, CA ASSAY OF INSULIN TOTAL | $66.64 | $119.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City, CA ASSAY OF INSULIN TOTAL | $66.64 | $119.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael, CA ASSAY OF INSULIN TOTAL | $66.64 | $119.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch, CA ASSAY OF INSULIN TOTAL | $66.64 | $119.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro, CA ASSAY OF INSULIN TOTAL | $66.64 | $119.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $53.00, median $66.64, highest $66.64 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $66.64. 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 1 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 it is
An insulin test measures insulin in the blood. It is used to investigate low blood sugar and sometimes to estimate insulin resistance.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83525 ($51.60). 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.
| Hayward Sisters Hospital Hayward, CALC -Insulin | $1.83 | file |
| Hayward Sisters Hospital Hayward, CALC - INSULIN TOTAL LEVEL | $1.83 | file |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CAInsulin | $3.71 | file |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CAInsulin Free | $4.54 | file |