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Cash prices California Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in California without insurance

Of 105 hospitals in California we can compare, UCI Health-Orange (Orange) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 87% below the California median across 80 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all California hospitals, procedure by procedure.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

Hospital Typical priceBelow median Above median
1. UCI Health-Orange Orange 87% below 77 of 80 2 of 80
2. Encino Hospital Medical Center Encino 74% below 213 of 215 0 of 215
3. Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair 72% below 240 of 252 3 of 252
4. Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks 72% below 242 of 251 3 of 251
5. Paradise Valley Hospital National City 72% below 259 of 271 3 of 271
6. Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood 72% below 249 of 263 4 of 263
7. Chino Valley Medical Center Chino 71% below 251 of 265 4 of 265
8. La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma 70% below 283 of 296 3 of 296
9. Desert Valley Hospital Victorville 68% below 264 of 288 10 of 288
10. Shasta Regional Medical Center Redding 66% below 281 of 306 10 of 306
11. County of Monterey Salinas 60% below 276 of 373 95 of 373
12. Hayward Sisters Hospital Hayward 56% below 172 of 183 11 of 183
13. Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg 52% below 248 of 318 68 of 318
14. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach 47% below 65 of 80 15 of 80
15. UCI Health - Fountain Valley Orange 47% below 160 of 178 16 of 178
16. Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana 46% below 218 of 277 58 of 277
17. Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville 46% below 149 of 171 21 of 171
18. UCI Health - Los Alamitos Orange 45% below 148 of 173 24 of 173
19. NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield 45% below 248 of 369 120 of 369
20. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills 44% below 228 of 277 48 of 277
21. UCI Health - Placentia Linda Orange 43% below 136 of 157 19 of 157
22. Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna 42% below 247 of 294 45 of 294
23. St Jude Hospital Fullerton 41% below 235 of 300 61 of 300
24. Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank 38% below 209 of 287 78 of 287
25. Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Pedro 37% below 233 of 273 39 of 273
26. Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Torrance 37% below 241 of 283 41 of 283
27. Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta 36% below 222 of 285 57 of 285
28. Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica 34% below 228 of 281 50 of 281
29. St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange 31% below 229 of 301 69 of 301
30. Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka 29% below 183 of 293 109 of 293
31. USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia 27% below 123 of 162 36 of 162
32. Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Ridgecrest 27% below 241 of 355 112 of 355
33. Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo 27% below 217 of 303 83 of 303
34. El Camino Hospital Mountain View 27% below 173 of 244 71 of 244
35. St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley 25% below 190 of 280 85 of 280
36. Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego 21% below 130 of 213 83 of 213
37. Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda 17% below 199 of 305 98 of 305
38. Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center Napa 14% below 171 of 298 125 of 298
39. Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa 14% below 209 of 307 96 of 307
40. Palo Verde Hospital Blythe 14% below 138 of 221 80 of 221
41. Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center Redlands 12% below 82 of 144 58 of 144
42. Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma 12% below 161 of 283 120 of 283
43. Tri-City Medical Center Oceanside 7% below 71 of 135 64 of 135
44. Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda 5% below 171 of 317 138 of 317
45. UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego 4% below 219 of 420 198 of 420
46. Madera Community Hospital Madera at median 123 of 246 121 of 246
47. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
48. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
49. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
50. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
51. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
52. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Ontario Ontario at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
53. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
54. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
55. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
56. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
57. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa San Diego at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
58. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Zion San Diego at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
59. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos San Marcos at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
60. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
61. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la Los Angeles at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
62. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
63. San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland at median 137 of 275 137 of 275
64. Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey 2% above 174 of 367 190 of 367
65. Tahoe Forest Hospital Truckee 2% above 169 of 347 175 of 347
66. Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton 7% above 120 of 270 149 of 270
67. Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Clovis 24% above 85 of 277 189 of 277
68. Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno 24% above 85 of 277 189 of 277
69. UCI Health - Lakewood Orange 25% above 46 of 160 114 of 160
70. Grossmont Hospital La Mesa 25% above 48 of 227 168 of 227
71. Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Chula Vista 25% above 48 of 227 168 of 227
72. Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center Coronado 25% above 48 of 227 168 of 227
73. Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego 25% above 47 of 223 165 of 223
74. Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo Vallejo 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
75. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
76. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
77. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno Fresno 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
78. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca Manteca 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
79. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Modesto Modesto 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
80. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
81. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
82. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Richmond Campus Richmond 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
83. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville Roseville 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
84. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento Sacramento 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
85. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
86. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
87. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
88. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
89. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
90. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa Santa Rosa 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
91. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento Sacramento 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
92. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
93. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville Vacaville 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
94. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek 28% above 19 of 417 293 of 417
95. Stanford Health Care Stanford 38% above 146 of 395 247 of 395
96. Shriners Childrens - Northern California Sacramento 50% above 63 of 206 143 of 206
97. Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley 73% above 102 of 359 252 of 359
98. Chinese Hospital Association San Francisco 76% above 42 of 252 209 of 252
99. Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto 77% above 79 of 257 178 of 257
100. Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville 85% above 60 of 222 161 of 222
101. Hospital of Barstow Barstow 95% above 28 of 153 124 of 153
102. USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles 100% above 18 of 235 217 of 235
103. Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles 110% above 16 of 263 246 of 263
104. USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Glendale 113% above 11 of 196 185 of 196
105. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles 122% above 93 of 407 313 of 407

Cheapest hospitals by metro area in California

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all California hospitals that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.