Lab tests CPT 86704 Outpatient

Hepatitis B core antibody cost in Stockton, CA

In Stockton-Lodi, CA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for hepatitis B core antibody test (total): from $18.23 to $162.00, with a median of $33.69. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton — $15.46 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $37.73 at 176 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 86704, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Apr 2, 2026.

Lowest$18.23St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton

Median$33.69half of hospitals charge less

Highest$162.00in this market

Difference8.9×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Stockton-Lodi, CA.

median

Lowest $18.23Highest $162.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton lowest Stockton, CA · (209) 943-2000 H-HEPB CORE AB TOT 8222 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$18.23	$62.00	$10.24–$70.56	71%
Dameron Hospital Stockton, CA · (209) 944-5550 Hepatitis B core antibody measurement File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file	$21.43	$47.63	$9.64–$47.58	55%
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CA H-HEPB CORE AB TOT 8222 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$33.69	$59.00	$5.90–$48.97	43%
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CA · (209) 943-2000 BM-HEPATITIS B CORE AB File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$48.51	$165.00	$10.24–$165.00	71%
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CA · (209) 943-2000 HEPATITIS B CORE AB File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$52.63	$179.00	$10.24–$179.00	71%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca Manteca, CA · (209) 825-3700 HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY HBCAB TOTAL source file	$58.80	$105.00	$11.00–$35.00	44%
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CA BM-HEPATITIS B CORE AB File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$90.79	$159.00	$12.05–$127.20	43%
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CA HEPATITIS B CORE AB File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$93.65	$164.00	$12.05–$131.20	43%
Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Tracy, CA · (209) 835-1500 HCHG CORE HB CORE AB TOTAL+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$162.00	$162.00	—	—

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

Outpatient: lowest $18.23, median $33.69, highest $162.00 — a 8.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $46.25. 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 4 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.

4 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
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CARL-A-HBV EXP 3016631B	$1.72	file
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CARL-A-HBCAB 20091	$1.77	file
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CARL-A-HBV EXP 3016631B	$3.33	file
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CARL-A-HBCAB 20091	$3.43	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.