hs-CRP test cost in Bakersfield, CA
In Bakersfield-Delano, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for high-sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP) test: from $27.20 to $77.54, with a median of $76.71. The lowest listed price is at Good Samaritan Hospital — $49.51 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $46.80 at 144 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 86141, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 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 Bakersfield-Delano, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Samaritan Hospital lowest Bakersfield, CA · (661) 215-7500 C-REACTIVE PROTEIN HS | $27.20 | $38.85 | $11.06–$126.00 | 30% | — source file |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield, CA · (661) 327-1792 CRP HIGH SENSITIVITY | $76.71 | $209.00 | $11.06–$209.00 | 63% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Dignity Health Bakersfield, CA · (661) 632-5000 CRP HIGH SENSITIVITY | $77.54 | $209.00 | $11.06–$209.00 | 63% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $27.20, median $76.71, highest $77.54 — a 2.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $79.34. 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 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
The high-sensitivity CRP test measures low levels of inflammation. It is used, along with cholesterol, to estimate heart disease risk.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86141 ($69.43). 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.
| Kern Valley Healthcare District Mountain Mesa, CAMeasurement C-reactive protein for detection of infection or inflammation, high sensitivity | $2.52 | file |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield, CARL-A-HSCRP 50182 | $5.88 | file |
| Dignity Health Bakersfield, CARL-A-HSCRP 50182 | $5.94 | file |