Hepatitis B immunity test cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs) test, immunity check: from $71.12 to $192.50, with a median of $96.25. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose and 1 other hospital — $25.13 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $53.11 at 93 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 86706, 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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose lowest San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 HEPATITIS B SURF ANTIBODY HBSAB | $71.12 | $127.00 | $10.00–$30.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara lowest Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 HEPATITIS B SURF ANTIBODY HBSAB | $71.12 | $127.00 | $10.00–$30.00 | 44% | — source file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY (HBSAB) | $96.25 | $385.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 HC Hbsqt Hep B Surf Ab Quant | $160.80 | $402.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Hep B Sur Ab (Hata) | $192.50 | $385.00 | $187.07 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Hbsqt Hep B Surf Ab Quant | $201.00 | $402.00 | $195.33 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $71.12, median $96.25, highest $192.50 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $83.69. 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
The hepatitis B surface antibody test shows immunity to hepatitis B, from vaccination or a past infection. Schools and employers in health care often ask for it as proof of immunity.
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 86706 ($62.91). 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.
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CAHC 114 Hep B Surface Ab | $4.90 | file |