Chest CT scan cost in California

In California, 217 hospitals publish a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $133.00 to $22,591.87, with a median of $2,030.42. The lowest price is at Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) and 12 other hospitals. The highest price is 169.9× the lowest.

• The median here, $2,030.42, is 62% above the US median of $1,253.88.
• That is 19.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($106.81).
• California ranks 45th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 61 of 217 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 71250. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map