Renin test cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for renin blood test: from $14.88 to $36.96, with a median of $27.72. The lowest listed price is at Good Samaritan Hospital — $12.84 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $24.89 at 127 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 84244, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Samaritan Hospital lowest Los Gatos, CA · (408) 559-2011 RENIN File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $14.88 | $14.88 | $2.23–$14.88 | — |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 095 Renin Plasma File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $18.47 | $36.94 | $17.95 | 50% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 097 13201r Plasma Renin Act File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $19.00 | $38.01 | $18.47 | 50% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 ASSAY OF RENIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 ASSAY OF RENIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
Outpatient: lowest $14.88, median $27.72, highest $36.96 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $36.96. 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 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
A renin test measures an enzyme from the kidneys that controls blood pressure. It is ordered with aldosterone to look for an adrenal cause of high blood pressure.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84244 ($87.04). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 002006 RENIN ACTIVITY* | $1.25 | file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CAHC 6956 11092r Renin Activity | $5.49 | file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CAHC 6956 11092r Renin Activity | $6.86 | file |