Coronary CT angiography cost in California

In California, 152 hospitals publish a cash price for CT angiography of the heart arteries with contrast dye (coronary CTA), including calcium score: from $200.60 to $11,680.91, with a median of $2,704.00. The lowest price is at Mercy Medical Center (Merced). The highest price is 58.2× the lowest.

• The median here, $2,704.00, is 95% above the US median of $1,383.62.
• That is 7.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
• California ranks 46th of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
• 32 of 152 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 75574. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map