Gallbladder removal with bile duct X-ray cost in California

In California, 72 hospitals publish a cash price for gallbladder removal, laparoscopic, with X-ray of the bile ducts during surgery: from $936.62 to $34,018.20, with a median of $9,301.56. The lowest price is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles). The highest price is 36.3× the lowest.

• The median here, $9,301.56, is 11% above the US median of $8,346.00.
• California ranks 20th of 38 states by median, cheapest first.
• 3 of 72 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

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.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 47563. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map