Hepatitis B core antibody cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for hepatitis B core antibody test (total): from $14.00 to $58.80, with a median of $24.25. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care — $10.25 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $41.75 at 172 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 86704, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC 6949 Donor Hbc Living File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $14.00 | $35.00 | — | 60% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 427 Donor Hbc Living File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $17.50 | $35.00 | $17.01 | 50% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC HEPATITIS B CORE AB File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $24.25 | $97.00 | — | 75% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC 097 Dnr Hep B Core Ttl Ab File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $31.50 | $63.00 | $30.61 | 50% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY HBCAB TOTAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $58.80 | $105.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY HBCAB TOTAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $58.80 | $105.00 | $11.00–$35.00 | 44% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC Hep B Cr Total Ab File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $150.40 | $376.00 | — | 60% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Hep B Cr Total Ab File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $188.00 | $376.00 | $182.70 | 50% |
Outpatient: lowest $14.00, median $24.25, highest $58.80 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $41.53. 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 hepatitis B core antibody test shows whether a person has ever been infected with hepatitis B. It is part of hepatitis B screening together with the surface antigen and surface antibody tests.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86704 ($66.60). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Good Samaritan Hospital Los Gatos, CAHepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb); total | $4.25 | file |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Los Gatos, CAHEP B CORE AB TOTAL | $4.25 | file |