BNP test cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for BNP or NT-proBNP blood test (heart failure marker) as an inpatient: from $102.50 to $587.60, with a median of $302.40. The lowest listed price is at El Camino Hospital — $199.90 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $213.00 at 104 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 83880, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital lowest Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC BNP | $102.50 | $410.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $302.40 | $540.00 | $37.00–$115.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE | $302.40 | $540.00 | $37.00–$115.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC Nt-Probnp | $587.60 | $1,469.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $102.50, median $302.40, highest $587.60 — a 5.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $302.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 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
This code covers the natriuretic peptide tests, BNP and NT-proBNP. The heart releases these peptides when it is under strain, so the test helps tell heart failure from other causes of shortness of breath and tracks treatment.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83880 ($159.00). 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 143000 NT-PROBNP *3 | $11.25 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC NT-PROBNP*3 | $11.25 | file |