Cheapest hospitals in Los Angeles, CA without insurance
Of 55 hospitals in the Los Angeles, CA area we can compare, UCI Health-Orange (Orange) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 85% below the California median across 75 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. UCI Health-Orange Orange | 85% below | 71 of 75 | 4 of 75 |
| 2. Encino Hospital Medical Center Encino | 76% below | 276 of 283 | 3 of 283 |
| 3. Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks | 74% below | 307 of 320 | 6 of 320 |
| 4. Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood | 74% below | 318 of 334 | 6 of 334 |
| 5. St Francis Medical Center Lynwood | 73% below | 334 of 348 | 5 of 348 |
| 6. Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center Garden Grove | 73% below | 350 of 361 | 5 of 361 |
| 7. West Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim | 72% below | 351 of 366 | 5 of 366 |
| 8. La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma | 72% below | 349 of 367 | 6 of 367 |
| 9. San Dimas Community Hospital San Dimas | 72% below | 340 of 368 | 11 of 368 |
| 10. St Mary Medical Center Long Beach | 56% below | 261 of 297 | 34 of 297 |
| 11. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach | 51% below | 99 of 120 | 20 of 120 |
| 12. UCI Health - Fountain Valley Orange | 50% below | 223 of 254 | 31 of 254 |
| 13. UCI Health - Los Alamitos Orange | 48% below | 202 of 239 | 37 of 239 |
| 14. UCI Health - Placentia Linda Orange | 48% below | 193 of 224 | 31 of 224 |
| 15. Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana | 45% below | 273 of 356 | 82 of 356 |
| 16. St Jude Hospital Fullerton | 45% below | 313 of 381 | 64 of 381 |
| 17. Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank | 43% below | 278 of 363 | 84 of 363 |
| 18. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills | 42% below | 286 of 352 | 65 of 352 |
| 19. Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center Glendale | 39% below | 259 of 314 | 55 of 314 |
| 20. Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange | 38% below | 309 of 380 | 69 of 380 |
| 21. Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Pedro | 37% below | 278 of 348 | 63 of 348 |
| 22. Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Torrance | 37% below | 286 of 360 | 68 of 360 |
| 23. Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica | 35% below | 298 of 353 | 52 of 353 |
| 24. Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo | 32% below | 299 of 385 | 84 of 385 |
| 25. USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia | 29% below | 218 of 282 | 63 of 282 |
| 26. Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare Pomona | 25% below | 178 of 291 | 112 of 291 |
| 27. California Hospital Medical Center LA Los Angeles | 15% below | 179 of 282 | 100 of 282 |
| 28. Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Sun Valley | 3% below | 161 of 298 | 137 of 298 |
| 29. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park | at median | 228 of 489 | 122 of 489 |
| 30. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey | at median | 228 of 489 | 122 of 489 |
| 31. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles | at median | 228 of 489 | 122 of 489 |
| 32. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim | at median | 228 of 489 | 122 of 489 |
| 33. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City | at median | 228 of 489 | 122 of 489 |
| 34. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City | at median | 228 of 489 | 122 of 489 |
| 35. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA Los Angeles | at median | 228 of 489 | 122 of 489 |
| 36. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills | at median | 228 of 489 | 122 of 489 |
| 37. Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Irvine Irvine | at median | 228 of 489 | 122 of 489 |
| 38. Anaheim Global Medical Center Anaheim | at median | 142 of 294 | 146 of 294 |
| 39. Chapman Global Medical Center Orange | 9% above | 146 of 340 | 188 of 340 |
| 40. Orange County Global Medical Center Santa Ana | 9% above | 146 of 340 | 188 of 340 |
| 41. Memorial Hospital of Gardena Gardena | 10% above | 137 of 343 | 197 of 343 |
| 42. Community Hospital of Huntington Park Huntington Park | 10% above | 132 of 334 | 193 of 334 |
| 43. Valley Presbyterian Hospital Van Nuys | 11% above | 145 of 333 | 186 of 333 |
| 44. East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Los Angeles | 11% above | 131 of 338 | 198 of 338 |
| 45. Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital Norwalk | 12% above | 130 of 347 | 208 of 347 |
| 46. UCI Health - Lakewood Orange | 13% above | 80 of 226 | 145 of 226 |
| 47. Southern California Hospital at Van Nuys D/P Aph Van Nuys | 72% above | 37 of 161 | 123 of 161 |
| 48. Southern California Hospital at Hollywood Hollywood | 75% above | 37 of 238 | 199 of 238 |
| 49. Los Angeles Community Hospital Los Angeles | 77% above | 43 of 244 | 199 of 244 |
| 50. Catalina Island Medical Center Avalon | 79% above | 66 of 291 | 223 of 291 |
| 51. Foothill Regional Medical Center Tustin | 79% above | 51 of 262 | 209 of 262 |
| 52. USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles | 89% above | 32 of 326 | 293 of 326 |
| 53. Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles | 98% above | 31 of 355 | 324 of 355 |
| 54. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles | 114% above | 112 of 493 | 380 of 493 |
| 55. Childrens Hospital at Mission - Cerner Mission Viejo | 127% above | 77 of 332 | 255 of 332 |
Not in the ranking: Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (Los Angeles), Mission Community Hospital (Panorama City), Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA (Los Angeles), Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles), Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center (West Hills) — their price files list no cash price (all US hospitals without one).
Procedure costs in the Los Angeles, CA area
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How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.