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Surgery and procedures CPT 47600 California Outpatient

Open gallbladder removal cost in California

In California, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for gallbladder removal, open surgery through a larger incision: from $1,282.55 to $61,930.85, with a median of $2,700.80. The lowest price is at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital (Ridgecrest). The highest price is 48.3× the lowest.

  • The median here, $2,700.80, is 23% below the US median of $3,501.84.
  • California ranks 7th of 18 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

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 47600. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,282.55Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Median$2,700.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$61,930.85in California
Lowest saves$1,418.25vs the median

Hospitals in California, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital lowest Ridgecrest · Bakersfield-Delano, CA Removal of gallbladder $1,282.55 $2,419.91 Nov 6, 2026
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Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg · Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA HC PR 47600 CHOLECYSTECTOMY $1,607.01 $3,151.00 Apr 1, 2026
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San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning · Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA REMOVAL OF GALLBLADDER $2,700.80 $13,504.02 May 20, 2026
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Outpatient Surgical Group 1 $3,964.84 $6,099.75 Nov 26, 2025
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UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Removal of gallbladder $61,930.85 $112,601.55 Apr 1, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Bakersfield-Delano, CA 1 $1,282.55 $1,282.55
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 1 $3,964.84 $3,964.84
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1 $2,700.80 $2,700.80
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 1 $61,930.85 $61,930.85
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 1 $1,607.01 $1,607.01
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What open gallbladder removal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Open gallbladder removal explained.

Gallbladder removal, open surgery through a larger incision in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.