Testosterone test cost in Santa Cruz, CA
In Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for testosterone blood test, total (not free testosterone): from $141.00 to $141.00, with a median of $141.00. Across California, the median is $49.30 at 172 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 84403, 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 Apr 1, 2026.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA · (831) 477-2200 HCHG CORE TESTOSTERONE TOTAL | $141.00 | $141.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $141.00, median $141.00, highest $141.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $141.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This blood test measures total testosterone, including the part bound to proteins. It is used to check for low testosterone in men, to look into symptoms such as irregular periods or excess hair growth in women, and to monitor hormone therapy.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the total testosterone test only. The blood draw is billed separately, and free testosterone is a different test (84402).
9 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84403 ($98.00). 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.
| Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CARL-A-FREE T 70109A | $1.35 | file |
| Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CARL-A-TESTOS 70130 | $1.80 | file |
| Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CARL-A-TESTOS F T 81056B | $2.70 | file |
| Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAQ36170 TESTOST TOTAL | $3.60 | file |
| Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAQ873 TESTOST TOTAL MALE IMMUNOASSAY | $4.20 | file |
| Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAQ14966 TESTOST TOTAL | $4.72 | file |
| Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAQ15983 TST TOT LCMSM | $4.80 | file |
| Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAASSAY OF TOTAL TESTOSTERONE | $4.80 | file |
| Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CARL-A-TESTOS MAS 81058 | $5.85 | file |