LDH test cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) blood test: from $4.14 to $87.36, with a median of $31.19. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care — $27.05 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $33.67 at 210 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 6 cities for code 83615, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Yldiso Lactate (Ld) (Ldh) Enzyme File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4.14 | $10.35 | — | 60% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 100 Ldh Fluid File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $4.40 | $8.80 | $4.28 | 50% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 114 Ldh File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $4.83 | $9.66 | $4.69 | 50% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 100 Yldiso Yldiso Lactate (Ld) (Ldh) Enzyme File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $5.17 | $10.35 | $5.03 | 50% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Labcsfld Lact Dehy Body Fl File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $25.41 | $63.52 | — | 60% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (LD), (LDH) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $26.25 | $105.00 | — | 75% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 114 LABCSFLD LACT DEHY BODY Fl File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $31.76 | $63.52 | $30.86 | 50% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Los Gatos, CA · (408) 559-2011 LDH (LD) CSF File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $36.13 | $36.13 | $5.42–$36.13 | — |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE LDH source file | $87.36 | $156.00 | $6.00–$20.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE LDH source file | $87.36 | $156.00 | $6.00–$20.00 | 44% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC Ldh Fluid+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $175.20 | $438.00 | — | 60% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Ldh Custom File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $212.00 | $424.00 | $206.02 | 50% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Ldh Fluid+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $219.00 | $438.00 | $212.82 | 50% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Los Gatos, CA · (408) 559-2011 LDH (LD) BODY FLUID+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $978.56 | $978.56 | $146.78–$978.56 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $4.14, median $31.19, highest $87.36 — a 21.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $56.81. 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 4 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 LDH test measures an enzyme found in most body tissues. A high level is a general sign of tissue damage and is used to follow some anemias, lymphomas and other cancers.
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 83615 ($41.33). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CAHC 6956 Ldh | $3.86 | file |