Lab tests CPT 86704 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hepatitis B core antibody cost in Santa Cruz, CA — inpatient

In Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for hepatitis B core antibody test (total) as an inpatient: from $171.00 to $171.00, with a median of $171.00. Across California, the median is $37.73 at 176 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 86704, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$171.00Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz

Median$171.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$171.00in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA · (831) 477-2200 HCHG CORE HB CORE AB TOTAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$171.00	$171.00	—	—

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $171.00, median $171.00, highest $171.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $171.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86704 ($68.40). 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
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CARL-A-HBCAB 20091	$2.70	file
Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAQ501 HBC AB TOT IA	$3.84	file
Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CAHEP B CORE ANTIBODY TOTAL	$3.84	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.