Orange County → X-ray of the lower back
X-ray of the lower back in Orange County
Across 14 of 23 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $133 to $1,201 — 9.0× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Beach Hospital hbhospital.org · Huntington Beach | $133 | $1,495 | $43–$201 | B |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital lapalmaintercommunityhospital.com · La Palma | $133 | $1,495 | $43–$201 | B |
| West Anaheim Medical Center westanaheimmedctr.com · Anaheim | $133 | $1,495 | $43–$207 | B |
| Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center gardengrovehospital.com · Garden Grove | $133 | $1,495 | $43–$207 | B |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center providence.org · Fullerton | $220–$795 varies | $1,656 | $114–$389 | C |
| Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center memorialcare.org · Laguna Hills | $388–$1,416 varies | $1,416 | $87–$489 | C |
| Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical Center memorialcare.org · Fountain Valley | $388–$1,416 varies | $1,416 | $121–$447 | C |
| Providence Mission Hospital providence.org · Mission Viejo | $435 | $906 | $114–$412 | C |
| Uci Health - Los Alamitos ucihealth.org · Los Alamitos | $472 | $1,180 | $134–$350 | C |
| Uci Health - Fountain Valley ucihealth.org · Fountain Valley | $472 | $1,180 | $134–$350 | C |
| Anaheim Global Medical Center anaheimglobalmedicalcenter.com · Anaheim | $652 | $652 | $44–$652 | C |
| Chapman Global Medical Center chapmanglobalmedicalcenter.com · Orange | $652 | $652 | $53–$652 | C |
| Coastal Communities Hospital southcoastglobalmedicalcenter.com · Santa Ana | $652 | $652 | $53–$652 | C |
| Orange County Global Medical Center orangecountyglobalmedicalcenter.com · Santa Ana | $652 | $652 | $53–$652 | C |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Anaheim | $681 | $1,310 | $96–$285 | B |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital providence.org · Orange | $747 | $1,067 | — | C |
| Children's Hospital at Mission missionhealth.org · Mission Viejo | $842–$842 varies | $842 | $155–$758 | D |
| Ahmc Anaheim Regional Medical Center ahmchealth.com · Anaheim | $1,201 | $1,201 | $32–$1,201 | C |
| Children's Hospital of Orange County choc.org · Orange | $1,577–$1,610 varies | $1,610 | $44–$1,610 | D |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian hoag.org · Newport Beach | not published | — | $134–$189 | D |
| Hoag Orthopedic Institute hoag.org · Irvine | not published | — | $134–$189 | D |
| College Hospital Costa Mesa chc.la · Costa Mesa | not published | $252 | — | F |
| Anaheim Community Hospital, Llc anaheimcommunityhospital.com · Anaheim | not published | $278 | — | 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.