Urine dipstick test cost in California

In California, 191 hospitals publish a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, manual: from $2.97 to $274.13, with a median of $34.20. The lowest price is at St Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino). The highest price is 92.3× the lowest.

• The median here, $34.20, is 72% above the US median of $19.89.
• That is 9.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($3.48).
• California ranks 43rd of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
• 51 of 191 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 81002. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 7, 2026. See them on a map