Ova and parasites test cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 11 hospitals list a cash price for stool ova and parasites exam: from $5.33 to $42.00, with a median of $17.92. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley — $12.59 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $28.94 at 90 hospitals.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 10 cities for code 87177, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 22, 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley lowest Pleasanton, CA · (925) 847-3000 Parasitology Stain-87015 | $5.33 | $13.32 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA · (925) 847-3000 Laboape Ova & Parasites | $13.35 | $33.38 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 OVA&PARASITES DIRECT SMEARS CONCENTRATION & ID | $17.92 | $32.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 OVA&PARASITES DIRECT SMEARS CONCENTRATION & ID | $17.92 | $32.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 OVA&PARASITES DIRECT SMEARS CONCENTRATION & ID | $17.92 | $32.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 OVA&PARASITES DIRECT SMEARS CONCENTRATION & ID | $17.92 | $32.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 OVA&PARASITES DIRECT SMEARS CONCENTRATION & ID | $17.92 | $32.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 OVA&PARASITES DIRECT SMEARS CONCENTRATION & ID | $17.92 | $32.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 OVA&PARASITES DIRECT SMEARS CONCENTRATION & ID | $17.92 | $32.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 OVA&PARASITES DIRECT SMEARS CONCENTRATION & ID | $17.92 | $32.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 OVA&PARASITES DIRECT SMEARS CONCENTRATION & ID | $17.92 | $32.00 | $8.00–$25.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Chinese Hospital Association San Francisco, CA · (415) 677-2480 Smear for parasites | $42.00 | $42.00 | $3.74–$260.90 | — | Jul 22, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $5.33, median $17.92, highest $42.00 — a 7.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $17.92. 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 10 of 10 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 ova and parasites exam looks for parasites and their eggs in stool under a microscope, usually for diarrhea after travel or camping.
What the price covers
The price is usually for one sample; the collection kit is often included.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87177 ($50.00). 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.
| Hayward Sisters Hospital Hayward, CALC -OVA PARASITEEXAM | $3.15 | file |
| Hayward Sisters Hospital Hayward, CALC-OVA AND PARASITE BODY FLUID | $3.98 | file |