FIT stool test cost in California

In California, 181 hospitals publish a cash price for stool test for hidden blood by immunoassay (FIT): from $7.50 to $385.27, with a median of $48.95. The lowest price is at El Camino Hospital (Mountain View). The highest price is 51.4× the lowest.

• The median here, $48.95, is 8% below the US median of $53.38.
• That is 3.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($15.92).
• California ranks 17th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 49 of 181 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 82274. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map