Triglycerides test cost in Truckee, CA
In Truckee-Grass Valley, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for triglycerides blood test: from $4.18 to $92.00, with a median of $48.09. The lowest listed price is at Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital — $43.91 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $41.08 at 202 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 84478, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 28, 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 Truckee-Grass Valley, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital lowest Grass Valley, CA · (530) 274-6000 RL-A-CHYLO RFLX 3005996 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $4.18 | $7.66 | $5.14–$7.66 | 45% |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital Grass Valley, CA · (530) 274-6000 RL-A-NASH TRIGLYCERIDES File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $14.50 | $26.60 | $5.74–$26.60 | 45% |
| Tahoe Forest Hospital Truckee, CA · (530) 587-6011 Triglycerides level File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file | $92.00 | $92.00 | $5.10–$89.24 | — |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital Grass Valley, CA · (530) 274-6000 TRIGLYCERIDES File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $125.35 | $230.00 | $5.74–$225.40 | 46% |
Outpatient: lowest $4.18, median $48.09, highest $92.00 — a 22.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4.18. 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 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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 ($39.60). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital Grass Valley, CARL-A-TRIGLYCERIDE VAPCHL | $2.74 | file |