Lactic acid test cost in Truckee, CA
In Truckee-Grass Valley, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for lactate (lactic acid) blood test: from $159.00 to $165.14, with a median of $162.07. The lowest listed price is at Tahoe Forest Hospital — $3.07 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $141.75 at 205 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 83605, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 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 Truckee-Grass Valley, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tahoe Forest Hospital lowest Truckee, CA · (530) 587-6011 Lactic acid level File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file | $159.00 | $159.00 | $9.55–$154.23 | — |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital Grass Valley, CA · (530) 274-6000 LACTATE LACTIC ACID File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $165.14 | $303.00 | $11.57–$296.94 | 45% |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital Grass Valley, CA · (530) 274-6000 WH-LACTATE/LACTIC ACD CSF File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $173.31 | $318.00 | $11.57–$311.64 | 46% |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital Grass Valley, CA · (530) 274-6000 LACTATE LACTIC ACID BLOOD File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $190.21 | $349.00 | $11.57–$342.02 | 45% |
Outpatient: lowest $159.00, median $162.07, highest $165.14.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $173.31. 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 2 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
A lactic acid test measures lactate in the blood. It is used mainly in the emergency department and hospital to look for sepsis, shock or poor blood flow to tissues.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83605 ($79.65). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital Grass Valley, CARL-A-LACTIC ACID CSF | $5.25 | file |