ANA test cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for antinuclear antibody (ANA) blood test, screen: from $22.00 to $53.20, with a median of $40.35. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care — $18.35 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $40.60 at 77 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 86038, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 6942lab256 Anti-Nu Ab (Ifa) | $22.00 | $55.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 097lab256 Anti-Nu Ab (Ifa) | $27.50 | $55.00 | $26.72 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES ANA | $53.20 | $95.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES ANA | $53.20 | $95.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC Anti-Nuc Ab (Fana) | $81.60 | $204.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Anti-Nuc Ab (Fana) | $102.00 | $204.00 | $99.12 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $22.00, median $40.35, highest $53.20 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $53.20. 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
An ANA test looks for antibodies that target the body's own cell nuclei. It is used as a screening test when a doctor suspects an autoimmune condition such as lupus.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the ANA screen only. The blood draw is often billed separately, and a titer (86039) or tests for specific antibodies after a positive result each have their own charge.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86038 ($67.60). 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.
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 164863 ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES (ANA) 1/10 | $0.61 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 164947 ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES (ANA) | $0.70 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 361634 LA ANA DIRECT 4/15*3 | $1.31 | file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CAHC 360775 LUPUS PANEL, ANA DIRECT*3 7/15 | $1.49 | file |