Uric acid test cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 22 hospitals list a cash price for uric acid blood test: from $5.44 to $348.00, with a median of $61.20. The lowest listed price is at Palo Verde Hospital — $55.76 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $66.11 at 201 hospitals.
- The median here, $61.20, is 36% above the US median of $45.00.
- That is 13.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.52).
- Riverside, CA ranks 3rd of 5 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 22 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 22 facilities across 18 cities for code 84550, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Verde Hospital lowest Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 Uric Acid LC File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $5.44 | $7.25 | — | 25% |
| San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 URIC ACID LEVEL; BLOOD File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $8.94 | $44.72 | $4.29–$44.72 | 80% |
| San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $9.26 | $46.29 | $4.29–$46.29 | 80% |
| Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 URIC ACID File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file | $10.40 | $26.00 | $11.70–$22.10 | 60% |
| St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 URIC ACID BLOOD File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $14.49 | $44.00 | $3.93–$44.00 | 67% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $29.12 | $56.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $29.12 | $56.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $29.12 | $56.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $29.12 | $56.00 | $3.00–$10.00 | 48% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 URIC ACID BLOOD File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $29.56 | $76.00 | $4.52–$76.00 | 61% |
| Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 Uric Acid File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $36.00 | $48.00 | — | 25% |
| Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 URIC ACID BLOOD CHEM File of May 13, 2026 · source file | $36.00 | $36.00 | $2.77–$49.00 | — |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC URIC ACID File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $61.20 | $136.00 | $3.66–$115.60 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC URIC ACID File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $61.20 | $136.00 | $4.52–$102.00 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC URIC ACID File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $61.20 | $136.00 | $3.66–$122.40 | 55% |
| Redlands Community Hospital Redlands, CA · (909) 335-5500 Uric acid level, blood File of Jun 19, 2026 · source file | $61.92 | $258.00 | $3.84–$403.00 | 76% |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC ASSAY OF BLOOD/URIC ACID CDM+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $71.52 | $149.00 | — | 52% |
| Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 Sodium Level File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $81.00 | $108.00 | — | 25% |
| San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC ASSAY OF URIC ACID, BLOOD - URIC ACID File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $108.00 | $108.00 | $4.01–$78.30 | — |
| Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 LAB URIC ACID BLOOD File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $109.00 | $109.00 | $4.01–$109.00 | — |
| Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 LAB URIC ACID BLOOD File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $109.00 | $109.00 | $4.01–$109.00 | — |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Uric acid level, blood File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $185.00 | $294.00 | $3.62–$540.23 | 37% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Uric Acid+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $189.62 | $189.62 | $3.21–$189.62 | — |
| Barstow Community Hospital Barstow, CA · (760) 256-1761 Uric acid level, blood File of Sep 17, 2026 · source file | $308.39 | $513.98 | $5.18–$411.18 | 40% |
| Riverside Community Hospital Riverside, CA · (951) 788-3000 URIC ACID BLD+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $348.00 | $348.00 | $4.52–$313.20 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $5.44, median $61.20, highest $348.00 — a 64.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $61.20. 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 11 of 20 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 uric acid test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Uric acid test explained.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84550 ($43.57). 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 Uric Acid Blood | $2.24 | file |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CAHc Assay Of Uric Acid, Blood | $4.00 | file |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CAHc Assay Of Uric Acid, Blood | $4.00 | file |
| Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CAURIC ACID | $4.00 | file |