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Gallbladder removal cost in California without insurance

In California, the median cash price for Gallbladder removal is $13,208.00 across 66 hospitals, from $936.62 to $33,150.00. The lowest is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles). The US median is $8,170.70.

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.

Gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) treats painful gallstones. Almost all are done laparoscopically through small cuts, often as same-day surgery. Open surgery with a larger cut and a hospital stay is used when the gallbladder is badly inflamed or scarred, and it costs more.

Collected Nov 8, 2026 One price per hospital: its lowest outpatient cash price for the code

Gallbladder removal prices in California by type

47562 is laparoscopic gallbladder removal and is used in the state table; 47563 adds an X-ray of the bile ducts during surgery; and 47600 is open removal.

ProcedureHospitalsRangeMedianUS median
Gallbladder removal Gallbladder removal, laparoscopic · code 47562 66 $936.62–$33,150.00 $13,208.00 $8,170.70
Gallbladder removal with bile duct X-ray Gallbladder removal, laparoscopic, with X-ray of the bile ducts during surgery · code 47563 72 $936.62–$34,018.20 $9,301.56 $8,346.00
Open gallbladder removal Gallbladder removal, open surgery through a larger incision · code 47600 5 $1,282.55–$61,930.85 $2,700.80 $3,577.27
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Outpatient cash prices in California. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest cash price for the code; prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Pick a procedure to compare every hospital in the state.

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Paying cash: what to do

  • Ask for a bundled self-pay price that includes the surgeon, anesthesia, facility and follow-up visits; hospital file prices usually cover only the facility.
  • If the surgery is planned rather than urgent, compare surgery centers, which often charge much less than hospitals.
  • Ask whether any hospital stay is included if you need to stay overnight.