Urinalysis with microscopy cost in California

In California, 98 hospitals publish a cash price for urinalysis with microscope exam, manual: from $2.23 to $285.50, with a median of $31.72. The lowest price is at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital (Banning). The highest price is 128.0× the lowest.

• The median here, $31.72, is 44% above the US median of $22.00.
• That is 7.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.02).
• California ranks 37th of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
• 30 of 98 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 81000. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map