Urine culture cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 21 hospitals list a cash price for urine culture for bacteria, with colony count: from $8.00 to $735.25, with a median of $139.36. The lowest listed price is at Montclair Hospital Medical Center and 2 other hospitals — $131.36 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $139.36 at 193 hospitals.
- The median here, $139.36, is 105% above the US median of $67.86.
- That is 17.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($8.07).
- Riverside, CA ranks 2nd of 5 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 21 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 21 facilities across 17 cities for code 87086, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center lowest Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Urine Culture, Colony Count File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $8.00 | $522.50 | $6.48–$522.50 | 98% |
| Desert Valley Hospital lowest Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 CULT UR W/COLONY CT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $8.00 | $389.00 | $6.48–$389.00 | 98% |
| Chino Valley Medical Center lowest Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Urine Culture, Colony Count File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $8.00 | $522.50 | $6.48–$522.50 | 98% |
| San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $11.67 | $58.34 | $7.67–$58.34 | 80% |
| Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 CULTURE,URINE,ROUTINE File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file | $12.66 | $31.65 | $14.24–$26.90 | 60% |
| St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 CULT UR W COLONY CNT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $40.82 | $124.00 | $7.02–$124.00 | 67% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 CULT UR W COLONY CNT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $59.11 | $152.00 | $8.07–$152.00 | 61% |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $60.96 | $127.00 | — | 52% |
| Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 URINE CULTURE File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file | $73.60 | $184.00 | $82.80–$156.40 | 60% |
| Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 VG-CULTURE URINE QTY COLON MOD+1 more line at this price File of May 13, 2026 · source file | $133.00 | $133.00 | $4.94–$133.00 | — |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 CULTURE BACTERIAL QUANTTATIVE COLONY COUNT URINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $139.36 | $268.00 | $5.00–$15.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 CULTURE BACTERIAL QUANTTATIVE COLONY COUNT URINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $139.36 | $268.00 | $5.00–$15.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 CULTURE BACTERIAL QUANTTATIVE COLONY COUNT URINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $139.36 | $268.00 | $5.00–$15.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 CULTURE BACTERIAL QUANTTATIVE COLONY COUNT URINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $139.36 | $268.00 | $5.00–$15.00 | 48% |
| Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 LAB URINE CULTURE COLONY COUNT File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $142.00 | $142.00 | $5.65–$142.00 | — |
| Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 LAB URINE CULTURE COLONY COUNT File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $142.00 | $142.00 | $5.65–$142.00 | — |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Bacterial colony count, urine File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $185.00 | $689.00 | $6.46–$1,266.04 | 73% |
| San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC CULTURE, QNT COL CT, URINE File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $187.00 | $187.00 | $5.65–$135.58 | — |
| Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 Urine Culture,Comprehensive LC+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $206.25 | $275.00 | — | 25% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Lab348b-Urinalysis Gray Top+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $285.00 | $285.00 | $5.72–$285.00 | — |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Urine Cult Quant Colony Count+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $316.91 | $316.91 | $5.72–$316.91 | — |
| Barstow Community Hospital Barstow, CA · (760) 256-1761 Bacterial colony count, urine File of Sep 17, 2026 · source file | $423.33 | $705.55 | $9.25–$564.44 | 40% |
| Riverside Community Hospital Riverside, CA · (951) 788-3000 Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $735.25 | $735.25 | $8.07–$661.73 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $8.00, median $139.36, highest $735.25 — a 91.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $139.36. 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 9 of 19 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 urine culture is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Urine culture explained.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87086 ($61.35). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Redlands Community Hospital Redlands, CABacterial colony count, urine | $2.40 | file |
| Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CAHC Culture Colony Count Urine | $4.00 | file |