All procedures / Lower Back MRI / Los Angeles, CA
Across 19 hospitals in the Los Angeles, CA area that publish federally required price files, the median negotiated rate under commercial insurance is $490 (middle half of hospitals: $438–$958) and the median self-pay (cash) price is $407 for an MRI of the lower back (lumbar spine). The Medicare outpatient baseline for the same procedure family is $243.
Source: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR §180), file dates 2024-06-18 to 2026-07-07 · Medicare baseline: CMS OPPS Addendum B · Data extracted 2026-10-31 · Page updated 2026-10-31
Area covered: hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties, California. Hospitals outside these places are not in this table, even if they serve the area.
| Hospital | Insured median | PPO | HMO | Commercial | Medicare Adv. | ACA Exchange | Medicare | Cash | List (gross) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles General Medical Center Los Angeles · CMS 2★ · file updated 2026-07-07 | $283 | — | — | $2831.2× Medicare | $2831.2× Medicare | — | — | — | — |
| Pacifica Hospital Of The Valley Sun Valley · file updated n/a | $343 | $3821.6× Medicare | — | $3051.3× Medicare | $3051.3× Medicare | — | — | $2,714 | $2,714 |
| Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center Garden Grove · CMS 2★ · file updated 2026-03-17 | $429 | $4291.8× Medicare | — | $4271.8× Medicare | — | $4451.8× Medicare | $3051.3× Medicare | $305 | $6,212 |
| Encino Hospital Medical Center Encino · CMS 3★ · file updated 2026-03-17 | $437 | $4291.8× Medicare | — | — | — | $4451.8× Medicare | $3051.3× Medicare | $305 | $4,181 |
| West Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim · CMS 2★ · file updated 2026-03-17 | $437 | $4291.8× Medicare | — | — | — | $4451.8× Medicare | $3051.3× Medicare | $305 | $6,398 |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma · CMS 3★ · file updated 2026-03-17 | $437 | $4291.8× Medicare | — | — | — | $4451.8× Medicare | $3051.3× Medicare | $305 | $6,398 |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks · CMS 2★ · file updated 2026-03-17 | $437 | $4291.8× Medicare | — | — | — | $4451.8× Medicare | $3051.3× Medicare | $305 | $2,800 |
| San Dimas Community Hospital San Dimas · CMS 2★ · file updated 2026-03-17 | $451 | $4291.8× Medicare | — | $4691.9× Medicare | — | $4511.9× Medicare | $3051.3× Medicare | $305 | $6,378 |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood · CMS 2★ · file updated 2026-03-17 | $458 | $4291.8× Medicare | — | $4792.0× Medicare | — | $4581.9× Medicare | $3051.3× Medicare | $305 | $2,444 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach · CMS 5★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $490 | — | $6042.5× Medicare | $3761.5× Medicare | — | — | $3061.3× Medicare | — | — |
| Huntington Hospital Pasadena · file updated n/a | $636 | $6392.6× Medicare | $6362.6× Medicare | — | $2801.2× Medicare | $5172.1× Medicare | $2781.1× Medicare | $509 | — |
| Providence Little Co Of Mary Med Ctr San Pedro San Pedro · CMS 4★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $656 | $6562.7× Medicare | $5672.3× Medicare | $3721.5× Medicare | — | $7483.1× Medicare | $3251.3× Medicare | — | — |
| Providence Little Company Of Mary Med Ctr Torrance Torrance · CMS 5★ · file updated 2026-04-01 | $656 | $6562.7× Medicare | $5672.3× Medicare | $3721.5× Medicare | — | $1,3065.4× Medicare | $3251.3× Medicare | — | — |
| Mission Community Hospital Panorama City · CMS 3★ · file updated 2026-03-20 | $736 | $6812.8× Medicare | $7913.2× Medicare | — | $3001.2× Medicare | — | — | $5,895 | $9,069 |
| Los Angeles Community Hospital Los Angeles · CMS 3★ · file updated 2024-07-01file >12 mo old | $1,179 | $1,1794.8× Medicare | — | — | — | — | — | $1,573 | $1,573 |
| Saint Francis Medical Center Lynwood · CMS 3★ · file updated n/a | $1,452 | $7703.2× Medicare | $1,8657.7× Medicare | $1,4526.0× Medicare | $2851.2× Medicare | — | — | $1,508 | $2,743 |
| Palmdale Regional Medical Center Palmdale · CMS 3★ · file updated 2026-01-01 | $2,751 | — | $2,75111.3× Medicare | — | — | — | $3,02812.4× Medicare | — | $9,605 |
| Anaheim Global Medical Center Anaheim · CMS 2★ · file updated 2026-04-28 | $2,849 | $3,25913.4× Medicare | $4211.7× Medicare | $2,46210.1× Medicare | $3051.3× Medicare | — | — | $4,690 | $4,690 |
| Usc Arcadia Hospital Arcadia · CMS 3★ · file updated 2024-06-18file >12 mo old | $3,117 | $3,36813.8× Medicare | $3,11712.8× Medicare | — | — | $3821.6× Medicare | $3061.3× Medicare | $1,986 | $5,677 |
Each figure is the median of that hospital's published rates for the procedure's code family under that plan type. "Insured median" is the median of the hospital's commercial-plan rates (PPO, HMO, EPO, POS, ACA marketplace and plans not labelled by type); the headline figure is the median of that column. Hospitals label plan types differently, so compare the Insured median column across hospitals rather than a single plan-type column. "×Medicare" compares to the CMS national outpatient rate. Blank cells mean the hospital's file discloses no dollar rate for that plan type.
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