Troponin test cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 25 hospitals list a cash price for troponin test, quantitative: from $42.21 to $778.00, with a median of $285.60. The lowest listed price is at St. Rose Hospital — $243.39 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $181.06 at 212 hospitals.
Cash prices at 25 facilities across 17 cities for code 84484, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 23, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Rose Hospital lowest Hayward, CA · (510) 782-6200 TROPONINI+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 23, 2026 · source file | $42.21 | $140.70 | $11.61–$119.59 | 70% |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA · (925) 847-3000 HC Labhstni High Sens Tropinin I File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $191.60 | $479.00 | — | 60% |
| Sequoia Hospital Redwood City, CA · (650) 369-5811 TROPONIN QN File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $205.30 | $564.00 | $12.15–$462.48 | 64% |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA · (925) 847-3000 Troponin T File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $230.00 | $575.00 | — | 60% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANTITATIVE source file | $285.60 | $510.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANTITATIVE source file | $285.60 | $510.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANTITATIVE source file | $285.60 | $510.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANTITATIVE source file | $285.60 | $510.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANTITATIVE source file | $285.60 | $510.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANTITATIVE source file | $285.60 | $510.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANTITATIVE source file | $285.60 | $510.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANTITATIVE source file | $285.60 | $510.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANTITATIVE source file | $285.60 | $510.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANTITATIVE source file | $285.60 | $510.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Sequoia Hospital Redwood City, CA · (650) 369-5811 TROPONIN QN LAB File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $295.21 | $811.00 | $12.15–$665.02 | 64% |
| Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANT+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $492.00 | $492.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Delta Medical Center Antioch, CA · (925) 779-7200 HCHG POCT ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $492.00 | $492.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Summit Campus-Hawthorne Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG CORE ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $492.00 | $492.00 | — | — |
| Novato Community Hospital Novato, CA · (415) 209-1300 HCHG ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $492.00 | $492.00 | — | — |
| Mills Health Center San Mateo, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG POCT ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANT+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $492.00 | $492.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG CORE ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $492.00 | $492.00 | — | — |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG CORE ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $492.00 | $492.00 | — | — |
| Eden Medical Center Castro Valley, CA · (510) 537-1234 HCHG CORE ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANT+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $492.00 | $492.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp Berkeley, CA · (510) 204-4444 HCHG CORE ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $492.00 | $492.00 | — | — |
| California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG CORE ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $492.00 | $492.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Herrick Campus Berkeley, CA · (510) 204-4444 HCHG CORE ASSAY OF TROPONIN QUANT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $492.00 | $492.00 | — | — |
| Chinese Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 677-2480 Troponin (protein) analysis, quantitative File of Jul 22, 2026 · source file | $778.00 | $778.00 | $12.15–$1,400.40 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $42.21, median $285.60, highest $778.00 — a 18.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 24 facilities here, median $435.60. 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 3 of 13 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 troponin test measures a heart muscle protein that leaks into the blood when the heart is damaged. It is the key blood test for a heart attack and is usually repeated a few hours apart in the emergency department.
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 84484 ($106.00). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| St. Rose Hospital Hayward, CATROPONIN I HIGH SENSITIVITY | $9.82 | file |