Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 23 hospitals list a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT): from $3.30 to $258.00, with a median of $39.00. The lowest listed price is at St Bernardine Medical Center — $35.70 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $39.00 at 198 hospitals.
- The median here, $39.00, is 47% above the US median of $26.48.
- That is 8.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.38).
- Riverside, CA ranks 3rd of 5 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 5 of 23 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 23 facilities across 18 cities for code 82270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 14, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Bernardine Medical Center lowest San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 OCCULT BLD FEC QL 3 SPEC File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $3.30 | $10.00 | $2.50–$20.95 | 67% |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Occult Blood Stool File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4.00 | $83.00 | $3.35–$83.00 | 95% |
| Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 OCCULT BLD STOOL+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4.00 | $15.75 | $3.35–$85.05 | 75% |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Occult Blood Stool File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4.00 | $83.00 | $3.35–$83.00 | 95% |
| San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 STOOL ANALYSIS FOR BLOOD TO SCREEN FOR COLON TUMORS File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $8.14 | $40.71 | $4.16–$40.71 | 80% |
| San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 OCCULT BLOOD FECES File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $8.43 | $42.14 | $4.16–$42.14 | 80% |
| Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 OCCULT BLOOD STOOL SCREENING File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file | $15.60 | $39.00 | $17.55–$33.15 | 60% |
| Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 OCCULT BLOOD SCREEN FECES NEOPLASM File of May 13, 2026 · source file | $22.00 | $22.00 | $2.68–$49.00 | — |
| Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 HEMOCULT File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file | $34.30 | $49.00 | $2.92–$44.10 | 30% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 BLOOD OCCULT PEROXIDASE ACTV QUAL FECES 1 DETER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $75.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 BLOOD OCCULT PEROXIDASE ACTV QUAL FECES 1 DETER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $75.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 BLOOD OCCULT PEROXIDASE ACTV QUAL FECES 1 DETER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $75.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 BLOOD OCCULT PEROXIDASE ACTV QUAL FECES 1 DETER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39.00 | $75.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC OCCULT BLOOD FECES+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $47.52 | $99.00 | — | 52% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 OCCULT BLD FEC QL 3 SPEC File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $49.39 | $127.00 | $4.19–$127.00 | 61% |
| Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 Immunological Fecal Occult Blood File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $78.00 | $104.00 | — | 25% |
| San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC BLOOD OCCULT,BY PEROXID,FECES,SINGLE, COLORECTAL SCREEN - OCCULT BLD File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $79.00 | $79.00 | $2.92–$57.28 | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC OCCULT BLOOD, FECES 1-3 SIMUL File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $90.00 | $200.00 | $4.38–$150.00 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC OCCULT BLOOD, FECES 1-3 SIMUL File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $90.00 | $200.00 | $3.55–$170.00 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC OCCULT BLOOD, FECES 1-3 SIMUL File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $90.00 | $200.00 | $3.55–$180.00 | 55% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Occult Blood, Feces 1-3 Simul+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $114.84 | $114.84 | $2.34–$114.84 | — |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Blood Occult Feces+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $169.84 | $169.84 | $2.34–$169.84 | — |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Stool analysis for blood to screen for colon tumors File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $185.00 | $121.00 | $3.50–$222.34 | -53% |
| Barstow Community Hospital Barstow, CA · (760) 256-1761 Stool analysis for blood to screen for colon tumors File of Sep 17, 2026 · source file | $223.58 | $372.63 | $3.56–$298.10 | 40% |
| Riverside Community Hospital Riverside, CA · (951) 788-3000 OCCULT BLD SCN 3 SPEC+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $258.00 | $258.00 | $4.38–$232.20 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $3.30, median $39.00, highest $258.00 — a 78.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $48.46. 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 14 of 21 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.
What stool blood test (FOBT) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Stool blood test (FOBT) explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82270 ($25.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CAHC Occult Blood Screen/1 | $2.17 | file |