Bone scan cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for Bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $511.00 to $4,705.78, with a median of $1,306.80. The lowest listed price is at Montclair Hospital Medical Center and 2 other hospitals — $795.80 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,121.60 at 95 hospitals.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 11 cities for code 78306, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 17, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center lowest Montclair, CA Hc Nm Bone Imaging, Whole Body | $511.00 | $3,378.00 | $171.95–$3,378.00 | 85% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Chino Valley Medical Center lowest Chino, CA Hc Nm Bone Imaging, Whole Body | $511.00 | $3,378.00 | $171.95–$3,378.00 | 85% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Desert Valley Hospital lowest Victorville, CA NM BONE WB | $511.00 | $2,427.00 | $171.95–$2,427.00 | 79% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA HC NM BONE AND OR JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY CDM | $723.36 | $1,507.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA Nuclear medicine study of bone and/or joint whole body | $809.00 | $5,951.00 | $202.29–$10,934.96 | 86% | Apr 2, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA HC BONE SCAN WHOLE BODY | $1,153.35 | $2,563.00 | $463.90–$1,922.25 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA HC BONE SCAN WHOLE BODY | $1,306.80 | $2,904.00 | $242.57–$2,613.60 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA HC BONE SCAN WHOLE BODY | $1,448.10 | $3,218.00 | $236.93–$2,735.30 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA BONE &/JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY | $2,121.60 | $4,080.00 | $365.00–$1,085.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA BONE &/JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY | $2,121.60 | $4,080.00 | $365.00–$1,085.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA BONE &/JOINT IMAGING WHOLE BODY | $2,121.60 | $4,080.00 | $365.00–$1,085.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Hospital of Barstow INC Barstow, CA Nuclear medicine study of bone and/or joint whole body | $2,794.69 | $4,657.81 | $202.29–$4,374.52 | 40% | Sep 17, 2026 source file |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA HC Bone Scan Whole Body | $4,705.78 | $4,705.78 | $119.88–$4,705.78 | — | — source file |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA HC Bone Scan Whole Body | $4,705.78 | $4,705.78 | $119.88–$4,705.78 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $511.00, median $1,306.80, highest $4,705.78 — a 9.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $1,784.85. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 8 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A whole-body bone scan uses a small amount of radioactive tracer to find areas of increased bone activity, such as cancer spread, stress fractures and infections.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the tracer and the scan. The reading may be billed separately.