HIV antibody test cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 23 hospitals list a cash price for HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibody test: from $30.80 to $172.00, with a median of $73.01. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond and 9 other hospitals — $42.21 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $58.82 at 174 hospitals.
- The median here, $73.01, is 4% above the US median of $70.49.
- That is 5.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($13.71).
- San Francisco, CA ranks 2nd of 3 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 12 of 23 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 23 facilities across 15 cities for code 86703, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 31, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond lowest Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 ANTIBODY HIV-1&HIV-2 SINGLE RESULT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $13.00–$40.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael lowest San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 ANTIBODY HIV-1&HIV-2 SINGLE RESULT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $13.00–$40.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro lowest San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 ANTIBODY HIV-1&HIV-2 SINGLE RESULT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $13.00–$40.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont lowest Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 ANTIBODY HIV-1&HIV-2 SINGLE RESULT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $13.00–$40.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco lowest South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 ANTIBODY HIV-1&HIV-2 SINGLE RESULT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $13.00–$40.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch lowest Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 ANTIBODY HIV-1&HIV-2 SINGLE RESULT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $13.00–$40.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus lowest Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 ANTIBODY HIV-1&HIV-2 SINGLE RESULT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $13.00–$40.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco lowest San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 ANTIBODY HIV-1&HIV-2 SINGLE RESULT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $13.00–$40.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek lowest Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 ANTIBODY HIV-1&HIV-2 SINGLE RESULT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $13.00–$40.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City lowest Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 ANTIBODY HIV-1&HIV-2 SINGLE RESULT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.80 | $55.00 | $13.00–$40.00 | 44% |
| Chinese Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 677-2480 Analysis for antibody to HIV-1 and HIV-2 virus File of Jul 22, 2026 · source file | $64.00 | $64.00 | $8.77–$260.90 | — |
| Sequoia Hospital Redwood City, CA · (650) 369-5811 SM-VIRUS TEST ANTIBODY File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $73.01 | $214.00 | $13.71–$214.00 | 66% |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Summit Campus-Hawthorne Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG HIV 1/HIV 2 AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $172.00 | $172.00 | — | — |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG HIV 1/HIV 2 AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $172.00 | $172.00 | — | — |
| California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG HIV 1/HIV 2 AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $172.00 | $172.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Herrick Campus Berkeley, CA · (510) 204-4444 HCHG CORE HIV 1/HIV 2 AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $172.00 | $172.00 | — | — |
| Novato Community Hospital Novato, CA · (415) 209-1300 HCHG CORE HIV 1/HIV 2 AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $172.00 | $172.00 | — | — |
| Mills Health Center San Mateo, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG CORE HIV 1/HIV 2 AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $172.00 | $172.00 | — | — |
| Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG CORE HIV 1/HIV 2 AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $172.00 | $172.00 | — | — |
| Eden Medical Center Castro Valley, CA · (510) 537-1234 HCHG CORE HIV 1/HIV 2 AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $172.00 | $172.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG CORE HIV 1/HIV 2 AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $172.00 | $172.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp Berkeley, CA · (510) 204-4444 HCHG CORE HIV 1/HIV 2 AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $172.00 | $172.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Delta Medical Center Antioch, CA · (925) 779-7200 HCHG CORE HIV 1/HIV 2 AB File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $172.00 | $172.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $30.80, median $73.01, highest $172.00 — a 5.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 22 facilities here, median $172.00. 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 12 of 12 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.
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