Renin test cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for renin blood test: from $36.96 to $378.00, with a median of $36.96. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City and 9 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $24.77 at 129 hospitals.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 12 cities for code 84244, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 22, 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City lowest Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 ASSAY OF RENIN source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont lowest Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 ASSAY OF RENIN source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond lowest Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 ASSAY OF RENIN source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus lowest Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 ASSAY OF RENIN source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael lowest San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 ASSAY OF RENIN source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro lowest San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 ASSAY OF RENIN source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek lowest Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 ASSAY OF RENIN source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch lowest Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 ASSAY OF RENIN source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco lowest San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 ASSAY OF RENIN source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco lowest South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 ASSAY OF RENIN source file | $36.96 | $66.00 | $21.00–$65.00 | 44% |
| Chinese Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 677-2480 Renin (kidney enzyme) level File of Jul 22, 2026 · source file | $242.00 | $242.00 | $21.99–$435.60 | — |
| Mills Health Center San Mateo, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG RENIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $378.00 | $378.00 | — | — |
| Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG RENIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $378.00 | $378.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $36.96, median $36.96, highest $378.00 — a 10.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 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 11 of 11 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.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84244 ($89.88). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Hospital Redwood City, CARL-A-RENIN 70105 | $4.37 | file |
| St. Rose Hospital Hayward, CALC - RENIN | $4.73 | file |
| St. Rose Hospital Hayward, CAASSAY OF RENIN | $7.36 | file |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA6911 13201r Plasma Renin Act | $7.80 | file |