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Chest X-ray in Los Angeles
Across 31 of 49 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $75 to $1,166 — 15.5× the price for the same billing code.
For scale: Medicare pays hospitals about $88.91 for this as an outpatient service — the 2026 national rate, before local wage adjustment.
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalina Island Medical Center catalinaislandmedicalcenter.org · Avalon | $41–$730 varies | $1,042 | $9–$1,042 | D |
| Whittier Hospital Medical Center ahmchealth.com · Whittier | $65–$131 varies | $727 | $8–$2,500 | F |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center pvhmc.org · Pomona | $75 | — | $165–$448 | C |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital shermanoakshospital.org · Sherman Oaks | $111 | $202 | $18–$173 | B |
| San Dimas Community Hospital sandimashospital.com · San Dimas | $111 | $1,037 | $18–$167 | B |
| Encino Hospital Medical Center encinomed.org · Encino | $111 | $503 | $18–$167 | B |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center centinelamed.com · Inglewood | $111 | $656 | $18–$223 | B |
| San Gabriel Valley Medical Center ahmchealth.com · San Gabriel | $121–$190 varies | $520 | $9–$634 | D |
| Casa Colina Hospital casacolina.org · Pomona | $146 | $261 | $39–$222 | C |
| Pacifica Hospital of the Valley pacificahospital.com · Sun Valley | $239–$336 varies | $336 | $67–$336 | C |
| Usc Arcadia Hospital methodisthospital.org · Arcadia | $277 | $791 | $99–$791 | C |
| Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center chisaintjosephhealth.org · Glendale | $295 | $905 | $27–$724 | C |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Ctr San Pedro providence.org · San Pedro | $310 | $887 | $44–$435 | C |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center providence.org · Torrance | $310 | $887 | $45–$436 | C |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr Torrance providence.org · Torrance | $310 | $887 | $45–$436 | C |
| St Mary Medical Center chisaintjosephhealth.org · Long Beach | $335 | $780 | $25–$780 | D |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Harbor City | $385 | $740 | $81–$240 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Downey | $385 | $740 | $81–$240 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West La healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Los Angeles | $385 | $740 | $81–$240 | B |
| Pih Health Downey Hospital healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Downey | $385 | $740 | $81–$240 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Woodland Hills | $385 | $740 | $81–$240 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Baldwin Park | $385 | $740 | $81–$240 | B |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center chisaintjosephhealth.org · Northridge | $397 | $1,423 | $27–$1,423 | C |
| Saint John's Health Center providence.org · Santa Monica | $398 | $1,137 | $48–$427 | C |
| Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center providence.org · Tarzana | $413 | $1,179 | $43–$303 | C |
| Antelope Valley Hospital avmc.org · Lancaster | $420–$492 varies | $492 | $40–$550 | D |
| Greater El Monte Community Hospital ahmchealth.com · South El Monte | $439–$613 varies | $613 | $9–$613 | D |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center providence.org · Mission Hills | $467 | $1,333 | $43–$303 | C |
| Garfield Medical Center ahmchealth.com · Monterey Park | $473–$933 varies | $933 | $9–$933 | D |
| Valley Presbyterian Hospital valleypres.org · Van Nuys | $501 | $501 | $87–$451 | B |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital mlkcommunityhospital.org · Los Angeles | $518–$761 varies | $2,726 | $9–$3,206 | C |
| Memorial Hospital of Gardena memorialhospitalgardena.com · Gardena | $592 | $592 | $28–$474 | C |
| East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital eladoctorshospital.com · Los Angeles | $592 | $592 | $28–$474 | C |
| Coast Plaza Hospital coastplazahospital.com · Norwalk | $592 | $592 | $28–$474 | C |
| Uci Health-lakewood ucihealth.org · Lakewood | $636 | $1,591 | $112–$291 | C |
| Mission Community Hospital mountainstar.com · Panorama City | $638 | $638 | $137–$310 | C |
| Alhambra Hospital Medical Center alhambrahospital.com · Alhambra | $686–$1,097 varies | $686 | $27–$1,097 | C |
| Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital methodisthospital.org · Glendale | $719 | $719 | $58–$271 | C |
| Monterey Park Hospital ahmchealth.com · Monterey Park | $837–$895 varies | $847 | $9–$925 | C |
| Cedars-sinai Medical Center cedars-sinai.org · Los Angeles | $899–$1,169 varies | $1,383 | $58–$4,201 | C |
| Keck Hospital of Usc methodisthospital.org · Los Angeles | $934 | $934 | $57–$585 | C |
| Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center memorialcare.org · Long Beach | $1,166 | $1,166 | $73–$362 | C |
| Lac/olive View-ucla Medical Center dhs.lacounty.gov · Sylmar | not published | — | $11–$186 | F |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center dhs.lacounty.gov · Los Angeles | not published | — | $11–$186 | F |
| Lac/rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Ctr dhs.lacounty.gov · Downey | not published | — | $11–$207 | F |
| Lac/harbor-ucla Med Center dhs.lacounty.gov · Torrance | not published | — | $11–$186 | F |
| Ucla West Valley Medical Center uclahealth.org · West Hills | not published | — | $27–$333 | F |
| Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center uclahealth.org · Los Angeles | not published | — | $27–$321 | F |
| Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital uclahealth.org · Santa Monica | not published | — | $27–$321 | F |
What these three numbers mean
Self-pay price is what the hospital says it charges someone paying directly. It is the number to ask for by name. List price is the undiscounted charge almost nobody pays. Insurers pay is the range of procedure-specific negotiated rates in the file — useful mainly to see whether the self-pay price is above or below what insurers get.
Some hospitals attach one flat rate to nearly their whole price list. Those are excluded here, because a number identical for a colonoscopy and a blood test says nothing about either. More on that →
Billing code CPT 71046 —
Chest X-ray, 2 views. Every price on this page is read from the hospital's
own published file; open a hospital to see which file and when it was read.