Triglycerides test cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for triglycerides blood test: from $7.20 to $1,213.38, with a median of $66.67. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care — $59.47 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $41.24 at 200 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 6 cities for code 84478, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC Triglycerides, Non Pleu File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $7.20 | $18.00 | — | 60% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 100 Triglycerides, Non Pleu File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $9.00 | $18.00 | $8.75 | 50% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 6911lab320 Triglycerides File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $13.05 | $32.62 | — | 60% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 097lab320 Triglycerides File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $16.31 | $32.62 | $15.85 | 50% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC TRIGLICERIDES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $41.50 | $166.00 | — | 75% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 ASSAY OF TRIGLYCERIDES source file | $91.84 | $164.00 | $5.00–$15.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 ASSAY OF TRIGLYCERIDES source file | $91.84 | $164.00 | $5.00–$15.00 | 44% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Triglycerides Fluid File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $145.00 | $290.00 | $140.91 | 50% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC Triglycerides-Blood File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $150.80 | $377.00 | — | 60% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Triglycerides-Blood File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $188.50 | $377.00 | $183.18 | 50% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Los Gatos, CA · (408) 559-2011 TRIGLYCERIDES File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,213.38 | $1,213.38 | $182.01–$1,213.38 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $7.20, median $66.67, highest $1,213.38 — a 168.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $66.67. 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 0 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 triglycerides test measures a type of fat in the blood. It is usually part of a lipid panel and is ordered alone to follow very high levels or treatment.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84478 ($41.40). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CAHC 300 Vap Triglycerides | $2.35 | file |