How much does dilation & curettage (D&C) cost in California?
CPT 58120 — 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.
58120 Dilation & curettage (D&C)
Ask to pay
$3,952
This is the local cash / self-pay price — usually the best rate you can ask for.
Typical
$4,275
Medicare $3,180
Ask $3,952
$121 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $16,936
What Medicare paysⓘ
$3,180
Typical price near you
$4,275
Cash / self-pay price
$3,952
Prices near you — 86 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $121cash | 0.0× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $243negotiated | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $375cash | 0.1× | — |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $488negotiated | 0.2× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $489negotiated | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $1,246cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $1,358cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $1,563cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $1,993cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $2,023cash | 0.6× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $2,296negotiated | 0.7× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $2,360negotiated | 0.7× | — |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $2,537cash | 0.8× | — |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $2,907cash | 0.9× | — |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $3,047cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $3,047cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $3,047cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $3,047cash | 1.0× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $3,397cash | 1.1× | — |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $3,660negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $3,684negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $3,711negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $3,813cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $3,813cash | 1.2× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $3,813cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $3,813cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $3,813cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $3,848negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $3,903cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $3,930cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $3,952cash | 1.2× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $4,040negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $4,040negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $4,040negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $4,040negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $4,040negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $4,040negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $4,101cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $4,125cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $4,178negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $4,233cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $4,233cash | 1.3× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $4,233cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $4,275cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $4,275cash | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $4,304negotiated | 1.4× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $4,402negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $4,444negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $4,511negotiated | 1.4× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $4,658negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $4,663negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $5,140negotiated | 1.6× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $5,312negotiated | 1.7× | — |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $5,615negotiated | 1.8× | — |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $5,630negotiated | 1.8× | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $5,630negotiated | 1.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $5,895negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $5,895negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $5,898cash | 1.9× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $5,908negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $5,908negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $5,908negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $5,966negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $6,037negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $6,037negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $6,037negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $6,037negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $6,051negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $6,059negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $6,124cash | 1.9× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $6,150cash | 1.9× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $6,150cash | 1.9× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $6,364cash | 2.0× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $7,318negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $7,447cash | 2.3× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $7,483cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $8,270negotiated | 2.6× | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $8,616negotiated | 2.7× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $8,904cash | 2.8× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $8,904cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $8,904cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $9,049negotiated | 2.8× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) gross charge | Hospital | $10,030cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) gross charge | Hospital | $11,503cash | 3.6× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) gross charge | Hospital | $13,352cash | 4.2× | ★★★★★ |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) gross charge | Hospital | $16,936cash | 5.3× | — |
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. 9 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 58120 (Dilation & curettage (D&C)), Medicare's benchmark rate is $3,179.53. A fair self-pay target for this line is $3,952.20. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 58120 is $3,952.20, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $3,704.25–$6,037.05. 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 58120 cost in California?
For dilation & curettage (D&C) (CPT 58120) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $4,275, with hospitals ranging from $3,704 to $6,037 across 86 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $3,180, 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 dilation & curettage (D&C) cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for dilation & curettage (D&C) (CPT 58120) in California is around $4,275, with hospital prices ranging from $3,704 to $6,037 across 86 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 58120?
Medicare pays about $3,180 for dilation & curettage (D&C) (CPT 58120). 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 dilation & curettage (D&C)?
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.