How much does laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder) cost in California?
CPT 47562 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
47562 Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder)
Ask to pay
$11,669
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$12,308
Medicare $5,834
Ask $11,669
$54 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $107,141
What Medicare paysⓘ
$5,834
Typical price near you
$12,308
Cash / self-pay price
$12,439
Prices near you — 88 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $54cash | 0.0× | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $357cash | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $429cash | 0.1× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $451negotiated | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $677negotiated | 0.1× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $677negotiated | 0.1× | — |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $836negotiated | 0.1× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $852negotiated | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $937cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $997cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $997cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $997cash | 0.2× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $997cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $1,290negotiated | 0.2× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $1,890cash | 0.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $1,906cash | 0.3× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $4,585negotiated | 0.8× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $4,886negotiated | 0.8× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $7,413negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $7,413negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $7,413negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $7,413negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $7,413negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $7,413negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $7,413negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $7,413negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $7,533negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $7,667negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $7,737cash | 1.3× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $7,776negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $7,897negotiated | 1.4× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $8,154negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $8,278negotiated | 1.4× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $8,556negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $8,743negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $9,253negotiated | 1.6× | — |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $9,791negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $9,802negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $10,108negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $10,108negotiated | 1.7× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $10,125negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $10,205negotiated | 1.7× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $10,217negotiated | 1.8× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $11,275negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $11,275negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $11,275negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $11,275negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $11,275negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $12,178negotiated | 2.1× | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $12,439cash | 2.1× | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $12,439cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $12,439cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $12,439cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $12,439cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $12,766negotiated | 2.2× | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $12,766negotiated | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $12,772negotiated | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $12,854negotiated | 2.2× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $12,938cash | 2.2× | — |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $13,196negotiated | 2.3× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $13,208cash | 2.3× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $13,208cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $13,208cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $13,289negotiated | 2.3× | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $13,289negotiated | 2.3× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $13,289negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $13,419negotiated | 2.3× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $13,419negotiated | 2.3× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $13,419negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $13,529negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $13,651negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $13,700negotiated | 2.3× | — |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $13,842negotiated | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $13,996negotiated | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $14,112negotiated | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $15,025negotiated | 2.6× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $15,878negotiated | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $16,949negotiated | 2.9× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $17,687negotiated | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $17,854negotiated | 3.1× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $18,711negotiated | 3.2× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $19,219cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $19,219cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $19,219cash | 3.3× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) gross charge | Hospital | $24,009negotiated | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) gross charge | Hospital | $28,559cash | 4.9× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) gross charge | Hospital | $67,154cash | 11.5× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) gross charge | Hospital | $107,141cash | 18.4× | — |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 18 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 47562 (Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder)), Medicare's benchmark rate is $5,834.36. A fair self-pay target for this line is $11,668.72. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 47562 is $12,438.63, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $7,413.14–$13,386.50. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 47562 cost in California?
For laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder) (CPT 47562) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $12,308, with hospitals ranging from $7,413 to $13,386 across 88 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $5,834, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder) cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder) (CPT 47562) in California is around $12,308, with hospital prices ranging from $7,413 to $13,386 across 88 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 47562?
Medicare pays about $5,834 for laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder) (CPT 47562). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder)?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.