Allergy blood test cost in California

In California, 194 hospitals publish a cash price for allergy blood test, specific IgE, per allergen: from $1.00 to $185.00, with a median of $5.00. The lowest price is at Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael). The highest price is 185.0× the lowest.

• The median here, $5.00, is 77% below the US median of $21.60.
• That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($5.22).
• California has the lowest median of 51 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
• 56 of 194 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 86003. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map