Shock wave lithotripsy cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 18 hospitals list a cash price for shock-wave lithotripsy to break up kidney stones (from outside the body): from $2,092.23 to $6,510.40, with a median of $5,510.70. The lowest listed price is at Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center — $3,418.47 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $7,857.00 at 69 hospitals.
- The median here, $5,510.70, is 26% below the US median of $7,462.00.
- Los Angeles, CA ranks 2nd of 4 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 15 cities for code 50590, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center lowest Glendale, CA · (818) 502-1900 LITHOTRIPSY ESWL UNI File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $2,092.23 | $6,650.00 | $769.00–$23,340.00 | 69% |
| St Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA · (562) 491-9000 LITHOTRIPSY ESWL UNI File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $2,876.84 | $6,650.00 | $769.00–$28,787.00 | 57% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Surgical Group 9+1 more line at this price File of Nov 26, 2025 · source file | $3,964.84 | $6,099.75 | $28,632.25–$54,208.97 | 35% |
| Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center Garden Grove, CA · (714) 537-5160 Hc Fragment Kidney Stone/ Eswl File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4,511.00 | $12,000.00 | $961.25–$12,000.00 | 62% |
| San Dimas Community Hospital San Dimas, CA · (909) 599-6811 Fragmenting Of Kidney Stone File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4,511.00 | $14,389.40 | $961.25–$14,389.40 | 69% |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Fragment Kidney Stone/ Eswl File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4,511.00 | $12,000.00 | $961.25–$12,000.00 | 62% |
| West Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim, CA · (714) 827-3000 Hc Fragment Kidney Stone/ Eswl File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4,511.00 | $12,000.00 | $961.25–$12,000.00 | 62% |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood, CA · (310) 673-4660 Fragmenting of kidney stone File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4,511.00 | $12,291.70 | $200.00–$12,291.70 | 63% |
| St Francis Medical Center Lynwood, CA · (310) 900-8900 Fragmenting Of Kidney Stone File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4,511.00 | $17,868.00 | $961.25–$16,081.20 | 75% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 LITHOTRIPSY XTRCORP SHOCK WAVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,510.40 | $12,520.00 | $3,421.00–$10,176.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 LITHOTRIPSY XTRCORP SHOCK WAVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,510.40 | $12,520.00 | $3,421.00–$10,176.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 LITHOTRIPSY XTRCORP SHOCK WAVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,510.40 | $12,520.00 | $3,421.00–$10,176.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 LITHOTRIPSY XTRCORP SHOCK WAVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,510.40 | $12,520.00 | $3,421.00–$10,176.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Irvine Irvine, CA · (714) 279-4000 LITHOTRIPSY XTRCORP SHOCK WAVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,510.40 | $12,520.00 | $3,421.00–$10,176.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 LITHOTRIPSY XTRCORP SHOCK WAVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,510.40 | $12,520.00 | $3,421.00–$10,176.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 LITHOTRIPSY XTRCORP SHOCK WAVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,510.40 | $12,520.00 | $3,421.00–$10,176.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 LITHOTRIPSY XTRCORP SHOCK WAVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,510.40 | $12,520.00 | $3,421.00–$10,176.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 LITHOTRIPSY XTRCORP SHOCK WAVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,510.40 | $12,520.00 | $3,421.00–$10,176.00 | 48% |
Outpatient: lowest $2,092.23, median $5,510.70, highest $6,510.40 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $6,510.40. 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 18 of 18 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.
What shock wave lithotripsy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Shock wave lithotripsy explained.