PET/CT scan cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 22 hospitals list a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh: from $1,713.60 to $21,724.00, with a median of $4,711.20. The lowest listed price is at Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center — $2,997.60 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $7,218.40 at 108 hospitals.
- The median here, $4,711.20, is 6% above the US median of $4,426.00.
- That is 3.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($1,460.92).
- Los Angeles, CA has the lowest median of 4 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 2 of 22 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 22 facilities across 16 cities for code 78815, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 3, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 and Sep 1, 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 Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center lowest Tarzana, CA · (818) 881-0800 HC PET IMAGE W CT SKULL MID THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,713.60 | $4,896.00 | — | 65% |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA · (818) 365-8051 HC PET IMAGE W CT SKULL MID THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,801.80 | $5,148.00 | — | 65% |
| West Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim, CA · (714) 827-3000 Hc Pet Imaging Ct Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,830.00 | $9,003.61 | $1,807.96–$9,003.61 | 80% |
| Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center Garden Grove, CA · (714) 537-5160 Hc Pet Imaging Ct Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,830.00 | $9,003.61 | $1,807.96–$9,003.61 | 80% |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Pet Imaging Ct Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,830.00 | $9,003.61 | $1,807.96–$9,003.61 | 80% |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA · (818) 843-5111 HC PET IMAGE W CT SKULL MID THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,790.90 | $7,974.00 | — | 65% |
| UCI Health - Los Alamitos Orange, CA · (562) 799-3220 PET/CT SKULL TO THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,172.40 | $7,931.00 | — | 60% |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC PET IMAGE W CT SKULL MID THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,570.08 | $9,521.00 | — | 52% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,711.20 | $9,060.00 | $1,325.00–$3,940.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,711.20 | $9,060.00 | $1,325.00–$3,940.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,711.20 | $9,060.00 | $1,325.00–$3,940.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,711.20 | $9,060.00 | $1,325.00–$3,940.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,711.20 | $9,060.00 | $1,325.00–$3,940.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,711.20 | $9,060.00 | $1,325.00–$3,940.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Irvine Irvine, CA · (714) 279-4000 PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,711.20 | $9,060.00 | $1,325.00–$3,940.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,711.20 | $9,060.00 | $1,325.00–$3,940.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 PET IMAGING CT ATTENUATION SKULL BASE MID-THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,711.20 | $9,060.00 | $1,325.00–$3,940.00 | 48% |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC PET IMAGE W CT SKULL MID THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,102.40 | $10,630.00 | — | 52% |
| St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC PET IMAGE W CT SKULL MID THIGH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,154.72 | $10,739.00 | — | 52% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 PET Scan+3 more lines at this price File of Nov 26, 2025 · source file | $12,658.62 | $19,474.80 | $1,816.22–$14,761.00 | 35% |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Pet Image W/Ct Skull-Thigh File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $16,518.00 | $16,518.00 | — | — |
| Childrens Hospital at Mission - Cerner Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 365-2408 PET W CT SKULL MID THIGH INIT File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file | $21,724.00 | $21,724.00 | $1,000.00–$21,724.00 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $1,713.60, median $4,711.20, highest $21,724.00 — a 12.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 20 facilities here, median $4,711.20. 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 3 of 14 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 PET/CT scan is, what the price covers and why prices differ: PET/CT scan explained.