BNP test cost in Sacramento, CA
In Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, 14 hospitals list a cash price for BNP or NT-proBNP blood test (heart failure marker): from $17.18 to $566.00, with a median of $302.40. The lowest listed price is at Marshall Medical Center — $285.22 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $185.00 at 221 hospitals.
- The median here, $302.40, is 103% above the US median of $148.90.
- That is 7.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($39.26).
- Sacramento, CA ranks 4th of 5 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 5 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 8 cities for code 83880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 30, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 19, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Medical Center lowest Placerville, CA · (530) 622-1441 RF ARUP LAB PROBRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE NT File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file | $17.18 | $30.15 | $15.38–$78.52 | 43% |
| Marshall Medical Center Placerville, CA · (530) 622-1441 HC NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file | $47.22 | $82.88 | $39.26–$78.52 | 43% |
| Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CA · (916) 453-4453 B TYPE BNP File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $128.12 | $694.00 | $30.15–$694.00 | 82% |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CA · (916) 537-5000 B TYPE BNP File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $156.32 | $694.00 | $30.15–$694.00 | 77% |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 423-6010 B TYPE BNP File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $167.98 | $694.00 | $30.15–$694.00 | 76% |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CA · (530) 662-3961 B TYPE BNP File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $175.60 | $694.00 | $30.15–$694.00 | 75% |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CA · (916) 983-7400 B TYPE BNP File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $258.94 | $694.00 | $30.15–$694.00 | 63% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 973-5000 NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $302.40 | $540.00 | $37.00–$115.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville Roseville, CA · (916) 784-4000 NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $302.40 | $540.00 | $37.00–$115.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 688-2000 NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $302.40 | $540.00 | $37.00–$115.00 | 44% |
| Shriners Childrens - Northern California Sacramento, CA · (916) 453-2000 ASSAY OF NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $353.10 | $353.10 | $20.84–$536.00 | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville, CA · (916) 781-1000 HCHG CORE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $566.00 | $566.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital Auburn, CA · (530) 888-4500 HCHG CORE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $566.00 | $566.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Davis Hospital Davis, CA · (530) 757-5108 HCHG CORE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $566.00 | $566.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 454-2222 HCHG CORE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $566.00 | $566.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $17.18, median $302.40, highest $566.00 — a 32.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $302.40. 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 7 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 BNP test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: BNP test explained.
5 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83880 ($148.20). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CARL-A-PRO BNP 50083 | $6.47 | file |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CARL-A-PRO BNP 50083 | $7.89 | file |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CARL-A-PRO BNP 50083 | $8.48 | file |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CARL-A-PRO BNP 50083 | $8.86 | file |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CARL-A-PRO BNP 50083 | $13.06 | file |