SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test, total in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Cash prices at 9 facilities across 7 cities for code 84153, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between May 29, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center CORONADO, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA ULTRASENSITIVE
$15.39 $20.52 25%
file
Sharp Memorial Hospital SAN DIEGO, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA ULTRASENSITIVE
$15.39 $20.52 25%
file
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center CHULA VISTA, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA ULTRASENSITIVE
$15.39 $20.52 25%
file
Grossmont Hospital Corporation LA MESA, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA ULTRASENSITIVE
$15.39 $20.52 25%
file
Paradise Valley Hospital NATIONAL CITY, CA
PSA SCREEN - 84153 - 1341205
$18.00 $172.10 90% Sep 1, 2026
file
Paradise Valley Hospital NATIONAL CITY, CA
PSA TOTAL
$18.00 $172.10 90% Sep 1, 2026
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - CLAIREMONT MESA SAN DIEGO, CA
ASSAY OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TOTAL
$46.80 $90.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - ZION SAN DIEGO, CA
ASSAY OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TOTAL
$46.80 $90.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS SAN MARCOS, CA
ASSAY OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TOTAL
$46.80 $90.00 48%
file
Grossmont Hospital Corporation LA MESA, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA SCREEN
$110.25 $147.00 25%
file
Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center CORONADO, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA DIAG
$110.25 $147.00 25%
file
Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center CORONADO, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA SCREEN
$110.25 $147.00 25%
file
Sharp Memorial Hospital SAN DIEGO, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA SCREEN
$110.25 $147.00 25%
file
Sharp Memorial Hospital SAN DIEGO, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA DIAG
$110.25 $147.00 25%
file
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center CHULA VISTA, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA DIAG
$110.25 $147.00 25%
file
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center CHULA VISTA, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA SCREEN
$110.25 $147.00 25%
file
Grossmont Hospital Corporation LA MESA, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA DIAG
$110.25 $147.00 25%
file
Tri-City Medical Center OCEANSIDE, CA
Prostate Specific Antigen Total
$190.65 $317.75 40% May 29, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $15.39, median $78.53, highest $190.65 — a 12.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $110.25. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

5 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84153 ($82.55). 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.

Tri-City Medical Center OCEANSIDE, CA
Prostate-Specific Ag LC
$4.35 file
Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center CORONADO, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA TOTAL AND FREE
$4.88 file
Sharp Memorial Hospital SAN DIEGO, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA TOTAL AND FREE
$4.88 file
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center CHULA VISTA, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA TOTAL AND FREE
$4.88 file
Grossmont Hospital Corporation LA MESA, CA
HC PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENTOTAL - PSA TOTAL AND FREE
$4.88 file

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