Urinalysis with microscopy cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $2.23 to $109.50, with a median of $28.86. The lowest listed price is at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital — $26.63 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $31.72 at 98 hospitals.
- The median here, $28.86, is 31% above the US median of $22.00.
- That is 7.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.02).
- Riverside, CA has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 3 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 11 cities for code 81000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 30, 2026 and Sep 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital lowest Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/SCOPE File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $2.23 | $11.13 | $3.82–$12.06 | 80% |
| Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 Urinalysis Nonauto w/ micro File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4.00 | $99.00 | $2.96–$99.00 | 96% |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Urinalysis, Nonauto, W/Scope File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4.00 | $69.26 | $2.96–$69.26 | 94% |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Urinalysis, Nonauto, W/Scope File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4.00 | $69.26 | $2.96–$69.26 | 94% |
| Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 URINE DIP File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $26.00 | $26.00 | $2.58–$26.00 | — |
| Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 URINE DIP File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $26.00 | $26.00 | $2.58–$26.00 | — |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $31.72 | $61.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $31.72 | $61.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $31.72 | $61.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 URINLS DIP STICK/TABLET REAGNT NON-AUTO MICRSCPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $31.72 | $61.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Urinalysis by Dipstick+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $89.99 | $89.99 | $2.06–$89.99 | — |
| Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 Urinalysis Complete with Culture if Indicated File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $109.50 | $146.00 | — | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $2.23, median $28.86, highest $109.50 — a 49.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $31.72. 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 4 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.
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