How much does hemoglobin A1c cost in California?
CPT 83036 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
83036 Hemoglobin A1c
Ask to pay
$19
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$78
Medicare $10
Ask $19
$2 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $709
What Medicare paysⓘ
$10
Typical price near you
$78
Cash / self-pay price
$78
Prices near you — 92 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2cash | 0.2× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $2cash | 0.3× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $5cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $9cash | 0.9× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $10negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $11negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $11cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $13cash | 1.3× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $13cash | 1.3× | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $13cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $13cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $13cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $13cash | 1.3× | — |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $13cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $15cash | 1.5× | — |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $15negotiated | 1.6× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $15negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $17cash | 1.7× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $17cash | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $17cash | 1.7× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $17cash | 1.7× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $17cash | 1.8× | — |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $18cash | 1.9× | — |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) | Hospital | $26cash | 2.7× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $29cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $36cash | 3.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $36cash | 3.7× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $46cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) | Hospital | $46cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $53cash | 5.5× | — |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $55cash | 5.7× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $57cash | 5.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $61cash | 6.3× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $64cash | 6.6× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $64cash | 6.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $64cash | 6.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $65cash | 6.7× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $65cash | 6.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $65cash | 6.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $65cash | 6.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $74cash | 7.7× | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $75cash | 7.7× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $76cash | 7.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $79cash | 8.2× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $80cash | 8.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $80cash | 8.2× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $80cash | 8.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $84cash | 8.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $86cash | 8.8× | — |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $87cash | 9.0× | — |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $96cash | 9.9× | — |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $99cash | 10.2× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $103cash | 10.6× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $104cash | 10.7× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $104cash | 10.7× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $106cash | 10.9× | — |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $116cash | 12.0× | — |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $119cash | 12.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $122cash | 12.6× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $125cash | 12.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $126cash | 13.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $126cash | 13.0× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $147cash | 15.1× | — |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $149cash | 15.4× | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $152cash | 15.7× | — |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $158cash | 16.2× | — |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $165cash | 17.0× | — |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $174cash | 17.9× | — |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $178cash | 18.3× | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $178cash | 18.3× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $178cash | 18.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $197cash | 20.3× | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $200cash | 20.6× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $203cash | 20.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $203cash | 20.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $203cash | 20.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $203cash | 20.9× | — |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $203cash | 20.9× | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $203cash | 20.9× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $203cash | 20.9× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $203cash | 20.9× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $203cash | 20.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $240cash | 24.7× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $261cash | 26.9× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $320cash | 33.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) gross charge | Hospital | $477cash | 49.2× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) gross charge | Hospital | $709cash | 73.0× | — |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 8 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 83036 (Hemoglobin A1c), Medicare's benchmark rate is $9.71. A fair self-pay target for this line is $19.42. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 83036 is $77.89, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $16.80–$151.26. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 83036 cost in California?
For hemoglobin A1c (CPT 83036) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $78, with hospitals ranging from $17 to $151 across 92 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $10, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does hemoglobin A1c cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for hemoglobin A1c (CPT 83036) in California is around $78, with hospital prices ranging from $17 to $151 across 92 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 83036?
Medicare pays about $10 for hemoglobin A1c (CPT 83036). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of hemoglobin A1c?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.