Los Angeles → X-ray of the lower back
X-ray of the lower back in Los Angeles
Across 32 of 49 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $75 to $2,005 — 26.7× the price for the same billing code.
For scale: Medicare pays hospitals about $107 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 | $69–$1,171 varies | $1,673 | $11–$1,673 | D |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center pvhmc.org · Pomona | $75 | — | $212–$552 | C |
| San Gabriel Valley Medical Center ahmchealth.com · San Gabriel | $91–$407 varies | $1,357 | $14–$1,357 | D |
| Encino Hospital Medical Center encinomed.org · Encino | $133 | $725 | $43–$201 | B |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital shermanoakshospital.org · Sherman Oaks | $133 | $563 | $43–$207 | B |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center centinelamed.com · Inglewood | $133 | $1,217 | $43–$268 | B |
| San Dimas Community Hospital sandimashospital.com · San Dimas | $133 | $1,399 | $43–$201 | B |
| Whittier Hospital Medical Center ahmchealth.com · Whittier | $134–$269 varies | $1,493 | $13–$2,500 | F |
| St Mary Medical Center chisaintjosephhealth.org · Long Beach | $157–$580 varies | $1,349 | $57–$1,349 | D |
| Casa Colina Hospital casacolina.org · Pomona | $175 | $97 | $39–$288 | C |
| Valley Presbyterian Hospital valleypres.org · Van Nuys | $319–$440 varies | $440 | $80–$511 | B |
| Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center memorialcare.org · Long Beach | $388–$1,416 varies | $1,416 | $87–$464 | C |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center chisaintjosephhealth.org · Northridge | $527 | $1,888 | $63–$1,888 | C |
| Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center chisaintjosephhealth.org · Glendale | $560 | $1,718 | $63–$1,374 | C |
| Greater El Monte Community Hospital ahmchealth.com · South El Monte | $576–$807 varies | $576 | $14–$807 | D |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Ctr San Pedro providence.org · San Pedro | $593 | $1,694 | $81–$526 | C |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center providence.org · Torrance | $593 | $1,694 | $95–$527 | C |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr Torrance providence.org · Torrance | $593 | $1,694 | $95–$527 | C |
| Antelope Valley Hospital avmc.org · Lancaster | $595–$630 varies | $630 | $85–$550 | D |
| Usc Arcadia Hospital methodisthospital.org · Arcadia | $615 | $1,758 | $128–$1,758 | C |
| Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center providence.org · Tarzana | $633 | $1,808 | $81–$366 | C |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Baldwin Park | $681 | $1,310 | $96–$285 | B |
| Pih Health Downey Hospital healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Downey | $681 | $1,310 | $96–$285 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Harbor City | $681 | $1,310 | $96–$285 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Downey | $681 | $1,310 | $96–$285 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West La healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Los Angeles | $681 | $1,310 | $96–$285 | B |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Woodland Hills | $681 | $1,310 | $96–$285 | B |
| Saint John's Health Center providence.org · Santa Monica | $765 | $2,187 | $101–$516 | C |
| Uci Health-lakewood ucihealth.org · Lakewood | $779 | $1,948 | $134–$350 | C |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center providence.org · Mission Hills | $812 | $2,321 | $81–$366 | C |
| Pacifica Hospital of the Valley pacificahospital.com · Sun Valley | $876 | $876 | $82–$876 | C |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital mlkcommunityhospital.org · Los Angeles | $877 | $4,615 | $11–$3,692 | C |
| Garfield Medical Center ahmchealth.com · Monterey Park | $973–$1,487 varies | $973 | $14–$1,487 | D |
| Alhambra Hospital Medical Center alhambrahospital.com · Alhambra | $1,175 | $1,175 | $44–$1,175 | C |
| East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital eladoctorshospital.com · Los Angeles | $1,343 | $1,343 | $45–$1,074 | C |
| Coast Plaza Hospital coastplazahospital.com · Norwalk | $1,343 | $1,343 | $45–$1,074 | C |
| Memorial Hospital of Gardena memorialhospitalgardena.com · Gardena | $1,343 | $1,343 | $45–$1,074 | C |
| Cedars-sinai Medical Center cedars-sinai.org · Los Angeles | $1,373–$1,785 varies | $2,113 | $97–$4,201 | C |
| Mission Community Hospital mountainstar.com · Panorama City | $1,524 | $1,524 | $169–$381 | C |
| Monterey Park Hospital ahmchealth.com · Monterey Park | $1,578 | $1,578 | $14–$1,578 | C |
| Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital methodisthospital.org · Glendale | $1,608 | $1,608 | $101–$400 | C |
| Keck Hospital of Usc methodisthospital.org · Los Angeles | $2,005 | $2,005 | $113–$707 | C |
| Lac/rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Ctr dhs.lacounty.gov · Downey | not published | $390 | $13–$390 | F |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center dhs.lacounty.gov · Los Angeles | not published | $390 | $13–$390 | F |
| Lac/olive View-ucla Medical Center dhs.lacounty.gov · Sylmar | not published | $390 | $13–$390 | F |
| Lac/harbor-ucla Med Center dhs.lacounty.gov · Torrance | not published | $390 | $13–$390 | F |
| Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center uclahealth.org · Los Angeles | not published | — | $44–$386 | F |
| Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital uclahealth.org · Santa Monica | not published | — | $44–$386 | F |
| Ucla West Valley Medical Center uclahealth.org · West Hills | not published | — | $44–$403 | 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 72110 —
X-ray lower spine. 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.