Bilirubin blood test cost in California

Prices at 180 hospitals in California, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $44 — 7% above the US median ($41), roughly 8.8× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
John Muir Medical Center-Walnut Creek Campus Walnut Creek, CA $7 $9 ★ 2/5 177 min 13.0%
John Muir Behavioral Health Center Concord, CA $7 $54
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Los Angeles, CA $7 $6 ★ 1/5 179 min 14.9%
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CA $7 $6 ★ 5/5 116 min 14.8%
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CA $8 $6 ★ 3/5 185 min 15.2%
UCI Health-Los Alamitos Los Alamitos, CA $8 $7 ★ 1/5 236 min 15.4%
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield, CA $9 $6 ★ 3/5 226 min 15.2%
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge, CA $9 $6 ★ 4/5 214 min 15.6%
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District Brawley, CA $9 $5 ★ 3/5 190 min 15.0%
Memorial Hospital of Gardena Gardena, CA $9 $6 ★ 1/5 132 min 16.3%
Coast Plaza Hospital Norwalk, CA $9 $6 ★ 1/5 154 min 15.2%
Fresno Surgical Hospital Fresno, CA $9 $5 14.4%
Doctors Medical Center Modesto, CA $10 ★ 1/5 223 min 16.0%
UCI Health-Lakewood Lakewood, CA $10 $7 ★ 2/5 218 min 15.6%
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CA $10 $6 ★ 4/5 175 min 14.9%
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA $11 $5 ★ 3/5 191 min 14.6%
St Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CA $12 $12
St Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff, CA $13 $8 ★ 4/5 136 min 15.1%
UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA $13 $7 ★ 4/5 323 min 14.7%
UCI Health-Fountain Valley Fountain Valley, CA $13 $7 ★ 2/5 161 min 15.7%
Community Memorial Hospital-Ojai Ojai, CA $13 $9 110 min 15.0%
St Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA $13 $6 ★ 5/5 153 min 14.0%
Colorado River Medical Center Needles, CA $14 128 min 15.0%
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley, CA $15 $6 ★ 3/5 152 min 14.3%
UC San Diego Health Hillcrest-Hillcrest Med Ctr San Diego, CA $15 $13 ★ 5/5 258 min 14.3%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated June 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$87
Cash / self-pay
$44
Insurer-negotiated
$5
Medicare pays
$5
$6$123
Median cash $44  ·  Medicare $5  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $44 — about 8.8× the Medicare rate ($5). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($10).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $87 list price could save about $43 (49%).

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