TIBC test cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for Iron-binding capacity (TIBC) test: from $8.00 to $384.36, with a median of $45.76. The lowest listed price is at Desert Valley Hospital and 2 other hospitals — $37.76 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $69.75 at 98 hospitals.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 11 cities for code 83550, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Valley Hospital lowest Victorville, CA IRON BINDING CAPACITY | $8.00 | $189.00 | $7.91–$189.00 | 96% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Chino Valley Medical Center lowest Chino, CA Hc Iron Binding Test | $8.00 | $259.88 | $7.91–$259.88 | 97% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center lowest Montclair, CA Hc Iron Binding Test | $8.00 | $259.88 | $7.91–$259.88 | 97% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA HC IRON BINDING CAPACITY CDM | $11.39 | $23.73 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA IRON BINDING CAPACITY | $45.76 | $88.00 | $7.00–$20.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA IRON BINDING CAPACITY | $45.76 | $88.00 | $7.00–$20.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA IRON BINDING CAPACITY | $45.76 | $88.00 | $7.00–$20.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center Redlands, CA HC IRON BINDING CAPACITY | $80.55 | $179.00 | $8.74–$143.20 | 55% | Aug 31, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA HC IRON BINDING CAPACITY | $80.55 | $179.00 | $7.08–$161.10 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA HC IRON BINDING CAPACITY | $80.55 | $179.00 | $8.74–$134.25 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA HC IRON BINDING CAPACITY | $80.55 | $179.00 | $7.08–$152.15 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA Iron binding capacity | $185.00 | $381.00 | $6.99–$700.09 | 51% | Apr 2, 2026 source file |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA HC Iron Binding Capacity | $384.36 | $384.36 | $5.51–$384.36 | — | — source file |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA HC Iron Binding Capacity | $384.36 | $384.36 | $5.51–$384.36 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $8.00, median $45.76, highest $384.36 — a 48.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $80.55. 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
The total iron-binding capacity test measures how much iron the blood can carry. It is ordered with serum iron (83540) to check for iron deficiency or 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 83550 ($52.03). 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 binding capacity | $3.11 | file |