Rapid strep test cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 19 hospitals list a cash price for rapid strep A antigen test from a throat swab, read visually: from $8.18 to $185.00, with a median of $50.00. The lowest listed price is at Eisenhower Medical Center — $41.82 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $107.89 at 156 hospitals.
- The median here, $50.00, is 15% below the US median of $59.00.
- That is 3.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($16.53).
- Riverside, CA has the lowest median of 5 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 5 of 19 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 19 facilities across 15 cities for code 87880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 30, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Medical Center lowest Rancho Mirage, CA · (760) 340-3911 HC Strep a Assay W/Optic File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $8.18 | $62.00 | $9.79–$212.74 | 87% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC STREPTOCARD STREP A File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $11.25 | $25.00 | $5.00–$90.90 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC STREPTOCARD STREP A File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $11.25 | $25.00 | $5.00–$92.77 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC STREPTOCARD STREP A File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $11.25 | $25.00 | $4.53–$85.34 | 55% |
| Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 IMMUNO OPTICAL STREP A File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $90.92 | $8.02–$90.92 | 82% |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Strep A Assay W/Optic File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $82.65 | $8.02–$82.65 | 81% |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Strep A Assay W/Optic File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $82.65 | $8.02–$82.65 | 81% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Streptocard Strep A+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $26.59 | $26.59 | $5.59–$26.59 | — |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC IAADIADOO STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A LAB File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $40.32 | $84.00 | — | 52% |
| Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 LAB STREP A SCREEN DIR OPT OBSV File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $50.00 | $6.99–$54.71 | — |
| Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 LAB STREP A SCREEN DIR OPT OBSV File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $50.00 | $6.99–$54.71 | — |
| Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 Strep A Rapid File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $72.31 | $96.41 | — | 25% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 IAADIADOO STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $110.76 | $213.00 | $12.00–$35.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 IAADIADOO STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $110.76 | $213.00 | $12.00–$35.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 IAADIADOO STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $110.76 | $213.00 | $12.00–$35.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 IAADIADOO STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $110.76 | $213.00 | $12.00–$35.00 | 48% |
| Riverside Community Hospital Riverside, CA · (951) 788-3000 STREP A OPTICAL IA+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $113.75 | $113.75 | $16.53–$109.03 | — |
| Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 VG-STREP A IA W/DIR OPT OBSV File of May 13, 2026 · source file | $139.00 | $139.00 | $6.99–$139.00 | — |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for Streptococcus, group A (strep) File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $185.00 | $368.00 | $10.03–$676.20 | 50% |
Outpatient: lowest $8.18, median $50.00, highest $185.00 — a 22.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $50.00. 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 10 of 17 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 rapid strep test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Rapid strep test explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87880 ($60.00). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Redlands Community Hospital Redlands, CADetection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for Streptococcus, group A (strep) | $1.20 | file |