Birth control implant insertion cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 16 hospitals list a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $70.08 to $812.50, with a median of $364.00. The lowest listed price is at Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange — $293.92 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $284.26 at 77 hospitals.
- The median here, $364.00, is 34% above the US median of $271.23.
- That is 2.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($135.93).
- Los Angeles, CA ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 16 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 16 facilities across 10 cities for code 11981, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 and Sep 30, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange lowest Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT DEVICE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $70.08 | $146.00 | — | 52% |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center Glendale, CA · (818) 502-1900 INS NONBIO DRUG DELIV IMP File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $88.73 | $282.00 | $70.50–$6,668.00 | 69% |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB INSJ DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $118.80 | $297.00 | — | 60% |
| California Hospital Medical Center LA Los Angeles, CA · (213) 748-2411 INS NONBIO DRUG DELIV IMP File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $234.80 | $491.00 | $122.75–$8,343.00 | 52% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $364.00 | $700.00 | $128.00–$380.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $364.00 | $700.00 | $128.00–$380.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $364.00 | $700.00 | $128.00–$380.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $364.00 | $700.00 | $128.00–$380.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $364.00 | $700.00 | $128.00–$380.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $364.00 | $700.00 | $128.00–$380.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Irvine Irvine, CA · (714) 279-4000 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $364.00 | $700.00 | $128.00–$380.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $364.00 | $700.00 | $128.00–$380.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $364.00 | $700.00 | $128.00–$380.00 | 48% |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Insertion Drug Delivery Implant File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $431.05 | $431.05 | — | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Grouper - 0+2 more lines at this price File of Nov 26, 2025 · source file | $698.29 | $1,074.29 | $160.50–$9,827.82 | 35% |
| USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Insertion Drug Delivery Implant File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $812.50 | $812.50 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $70.08, median $364.00, highest $812.50 — a 11.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 15 facilities here, median $364.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 12 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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