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Lab tests CPT 86704 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hepatitis B core antibody cost in Susanville, CA — inpatient

In Susanville, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for hepatitis B core antibody test (total) as an inpatient: from $23.57 to $23.57, with a median of $23.57. 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 Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 12, 2026 and Sep 12, 2026.

Lowest$23.57Banner Lassen Medical Center
Median$23.57half of hospitals charge less
Highest$23.57in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville, CA · (530) 252-2000 LAB AB HEPATITIS B CORE TOTAL File of Sep 12, 2026 · source file $23.57 $37.00 $32.19–$35.89 36%
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.

Inpatient: lowest $23.57, median $23.57, highest $23.57.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $23.57 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86704 ($66.80). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville, CALAB AB HEPATITIS B CORE TOTAL NS $3.18 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.