Zinc test cost in California

In California, 159 hospitals publish a cash price for zinc blood test: from $3.50 to $185.00, with a median of $11.00. The lowest price is at Southern Monterey County Memorial Hospital (King City). The highest price is 52.9× the lowest.

• The median here, $11.00, is 80% below the US median of $54.00.
• That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($11.39).
• California has the lowest median of 51 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
• 39 of 159 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 84630. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map