Iron test cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 14 hospitals list a cash price for Iron blood test (serum iron): from $5.44 to $224.28, with a median of $9.28. The lowest listed price is at Palo Verde Hospital — $3.84 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $44.20 at 102 hospitals.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 12 cities for code 83540, 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 2, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Verde Hospital lowest Blythe, CA Iron LC | $5.44 | $7.25 | — | 25% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA Hc Assay Of Iron | $6.00 | $228.17 | $6.15–$228.17 | 97% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA Hc Assay Of Iron | $6.00 | $228.17 | $6.15–$228.17 | 97% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA IRON | $6.00 | $165.00 | $6.41–$165.00 | 96% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA HC SOM IRON LIVER TISSUE | $9.28 | $9.28 | $1.68–$61.49 | — | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center Redlands, CA HC SOM IRON LIVER TISSUE | $9.28 | $9.28 | $5.10–$7.42 | — | Aug 31, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA HC SOM IRON LIVER TISSUE | $9.28 | $9.28 | $1.86–$65.50 | — | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA HC SOM IRON LIVER TISSUE | $9.28 | $9.28 | $1.86–$66.85 | — | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA HC ASSAY OF IRON CDM | $11.39 | $23.72 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA ASSAY OF IRON | $44.20 | $85.00 | $5.00–$15.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA ASSAY OF IRON | $44.20 | $85.00 | $5.00–$15.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA ASSAY OF IRON | $44.20 | $85.00 | $5.00–$15.00 | 48% | — source file |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA HC IRON | $52.80 | $110.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA HC IRON TOTAL | $64.80 | $144.00 | $5.24–$122.40 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA HC IRON TOTAL | $64.80 | $144.00 | $6.47–$108.00 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center Redlands, CA HC IRON TOTAL | $64.80 | $144.00 | $6.47–$115.20 | 55% | Aug 31, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA HC IRON TOTAL | $64.80 | $144.00 | $5.24–$129.60 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA Iron level | $185.00 | $384.00 | $5.18–$705.60 | 52% | Apr 2, 2026 source file |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA HC Iron | $224.28 | $224.28 | $4.58–$224.28 | — | — source file |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA HC Iron | $224.28 | $224.28 | $4.58–$224.28 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $5.44, median $9.28, highest $224.28 — a 41.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $10.34. 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 7 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 3 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 it is
A serum iron test measures the iron carried in the blood. It is usually ordered with iron-binding capacity and ferritin to check for iron deficiency or iron overload.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 83540 ($49.95). 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 of Barstow INC Barstow, CAIron level | $1.61 | file |