Lead test cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Blood lead test: from $4.78 to $21.84, with a median of $13.91. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care — $9.13 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $21.84 at 85 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 83655, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Apr 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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA 6956 Lableadbl Assay of Lead | $4.78 | $11.95 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA HC 114 Lableadbl Assay of Lead | $5.97 | $11.95 | $5.81 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 6956 Labhmet Assay of Lead | $6.26 | $15.66 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA HC Lead Whole Blood | $7.60 | $19.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA HC 114 Labhmet Assay of Lead | $7.83 | $15.66 | $7.61 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA HC Lead Whole Blood | $9.50 | $19.00 | $9.23 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA ASSAY OF LEAD | $21.84 | $39.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA ASSAY OF LEAD | $21.84 | $39.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $4.78, median $13.91, highest $21.84 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $21.84. 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 2 of 3 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 blood lead test measures lead in the blood. It is used to screen young children and for adults exposed at work.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
8 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83655 ($41.40). 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.
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 007633 CREATININE URINE 2/2*3 | $0.46 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 007046 HEAVY METAL 24HR URINE 3/4* | $0.62 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 007625 LEAD BLOOD (ADULT)* | $0.82 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 717009 LEAD PEDI 0-15 YRS* | $0.82 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 042580 HEAVY METALS BLD 2/3* | $2.31 | file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CAHC 6956 Lead | $2.91 | file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CAHC 114 Lead | $3.64 | file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CAHC 114 Lead Urine | $3.95 | file |