Blood pregnancy test cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for blood pregnancy test (hCG, qualitative: yes or no): from $80.50 to $342.80, with a median of $174.16. The lowest listed price is at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford — $93.66 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $174.16 at 104 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 84703, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Apr 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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford lowest Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Urine Pregnancy Hcg Qual Auto | $80.50 | $161.00 | $78.23 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 GONADOTROPIN CHORIONIC QUALITATIVE | $174.16 | $311.00 | $6.00–$20.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 GONADOTROPIN CHORIONIC QUALITATIVE | $174.16 | $311.00 | $6.00–$20.00 | 44% | — source file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC SERUM PREG TEST | $271.00 | $1,084.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC Serum Pregnancy Scr | $342.80 | $857.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Labpcupreg Hcg Qual | $342.80 | $857.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Labpcupreg Hcg Qual | $428.50 | $857.00 | $416.42 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Serum Pregnancy Scr | $428.50 | $857.00 | $416.42 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $80.50, median $174.16, highest $342.80 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $222.58. 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 3 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 qualitative hCG test checks the blood for the pregnancy hormone and reports yes or no. Hospitals often run it before imaging or surgery.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.