Chest CT angiogram cost in California

In California, 218 hospitals publish a cash price for CT angiography of the chest (CTA), for blood clots in the lungs: from $224.00 to $22,436.72, with a median of $3,429.35. The lowest price is at Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) and 12 other hospitals. The highest price is 100.2× the lowest.

• The median here, $3,429.35, is 80% above the US median of $1,906.50.
• That is 19.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($179.20).
• California ranks 47th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 61 of 218 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 71275. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map