Cheapest hospitals in Riverside, CA without insurance
Of 15 hospitals in the Riverside, CA area we can compare, Montclair Hospital Medical Center (Montclair) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 72% below the California median across 252 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair | 72% below | 240 of 252 | 3 of 252 |
| 2. Chino Valley Medical Center Chino | 71% below | 251 of 265 | 4 of 265 |
| 3. Desert Valley Hospital Victorville | 68% below | 264 of 288 | 10 of 288 |
| 4. Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta | 36% below | 222 of 285 | 57 of 285 |
| 5. St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley | 25% below | 190 of 280 | 85 of 280 |
| 6. Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda | 17% below | 199 of 305 | 98 of 305 |
| 7. Palo Verde Hospital Blythe | 14% below | 138 of 221 | 80 of 221 |
| 8. Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center Redlands | 12% below | 82 of 144 | 58 of 144 |
| 9. Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda | 5% below | 171 of 317 | 138 of 317 |
| 10. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana | at median | 137 of 390 | 69 of 390 |
| 11. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley | at median | 137 of 390 | 69 of 390 |
| 12. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside | at median | 137 of 390 | 69 of 390 |
| 13. San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland | at median | 137 of 275 | 137 of 275 |
| 14. Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley | 73% above | 102 of 359 | 252 of 359 |
| 15. Hospital of Barstow Barstow | 95% above | 28 of 153 | 124 of 153 |
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.