Nutrition counseling cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 18 hospitals list a cash price for nutrition counseling (medical nutrition therapy), first visit, 15 minutes: from $8.40 to $225.00, with a median of $114.40. The lowest listed price is at Redlands Community Hospital — $106.00 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $99.68 at 141 hospitals.
- The median here, $114.40, is 119% above the US median of $52.20.
- That is 3.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($36.74).
- Riverside, CA ranks 4th of 5 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 4 of 18 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 16 cities for code 97802, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redlands Community Hospital lowest Redlands, CA · (909) 335-5500 Therapy procedure for nutrition management, each 15 minutes File of Jun 19, 2026 · source file | $8.40 | $35.00 | $4.76–$403.00 | 76% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA · (760) 340-3911 HC Med Nutrition Ther-Individual 15 Min File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $13.59 | $187.00 | $27.46–$917.00 | 93% |
| Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 NUTRITION CONSULT INDIV IN 15M File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file | $34.00 | $85.00 | $38.25–$72.25 | 60% |
| San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 MEDICAL NUTRITION INDIV IN File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $34.12 | $170.62 | $26.09–$82.38 | 80% |
| Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 F/UP NUTR ASSESS IND 15MIN File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $38.00 | $38.00 | $16.30–$200.00 | — |
| Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 F/UP NUTR ASSESS IND 15MIN File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $38.00 | $38.00 | $16.30–$200.00 | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC NUTR THER INIT EVAL 15 MIN File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $93.15 | $207.00 | $37.47–$175.95 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC NUTR THER INIT EVAL 15 MIN File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $111.60 | $248.00 | $50.99–$824.00 | 55% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 MEDICAL NUTRITION ASSMT&IVNTJ INDIV EACH 15 MI File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $114.40 | $220.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 MEDICAL NUTRITION ASSMT&IVNTJ INDIV EACH 15 MI File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $114.40 | $220.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 MEDICAL NUTRITION ASSMT&IVNTJ INDIV EACH 15 MI File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $114.40 | $220.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 MEDICAL NUTRITION ASSMT&IVNTJ INDIV EACH 15 MI File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $114.40 | $220.00 | — | 48% |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC MEDICAL NUTRITION INDIV INITIAL THERAPY EA 15 MIN CDM+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $120.00 | $250.00 | — | 52% |
| Barstow Community Hospital Barstow, CA · (760) 256-1761 Therapy procedure for nutrition management, each 15 minutes File of Sep 17, 2026 · source file | $144.59 | $240.99 | $36.78–$192.79 | 40% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 MNT NUTRITION INITL EA15 File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $146.59 | $377.00 | $30.35–$16,853.00 | 61% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC NUTR THER INIT EVAL 15 MIN File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $151.20 | $336.00 | $52.20–$824.00 | 55% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Perinatal ED 15 Min Ind+3 more lines at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $169.34 | $169.34 | $8.41–$169.34 | — |
| San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC MED NUTR THER, 1ST, INDIV, EA 15 MIN File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $225.00 | $225.00 | $33.81–$163.13 | — |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Nutr Ther Init Eval 15 Min+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $359.33 | $359.33 | $33.81–$359.33 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $8.40, median $114.40, highest $225.00 — a 26.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $114.40. 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 13 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 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 nutrition counseling is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Nutrition counseling explained.