How much does lumbar spine X-ray, 3+ views cost in California?
CPT 72110 — 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.
72110 Lumbar spine X-ray, 3+ views
Ask to pay
$213
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$624
Medicare $106
Ask $213
$8 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $2,963
What Medicare paysⓘ
$106
Typical price near you
$624
Cash / self-pay price
$681
Prices near you — 92 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $8cash | 0.1× | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $8cash | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $9cash | 0.1× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $26cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $67cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $75cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $90negotiated | 0.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $90negotiated | 0.8× | — |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $121cash | 1.1× | — |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $128cash | 1.2× | — |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $133cash | 1.3× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $141negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $143negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $167negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $171cash | 1.6× | — |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $256cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $292cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $292cash | 2.7× | — |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $292cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $292cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $292cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $322cash | 3.0× | — |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $329cash | 3.1× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $352cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $389cash | 3.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $390negotiated | 3.7× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $408cash | 3.8× | — |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $435cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $443cash | 4.2× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $454cash | 4.3× | — |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $458cash | 4.3× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $458cash | 4.3× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $472cash | 4.4× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $472cash | 4.4× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $472cash | 4.4× | — |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $483cash | 4.5× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $527cash | 5.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $560cash | 5.3× | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $580cash | 5.5× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $588cash | 5.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $588cash | 5.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $588cash | 5.5× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $593cash | 5.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $615cash | 5.8× | — |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $615cash | 5.8× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $633cash | 6.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $654cash | 6.2× | — |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $660cash | 6.2× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $681cash | 6.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $681cash | 6.4× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $681cash | 6.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $684cash | 6.4× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $687cash | 6.5× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $701cash | 6.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $720cash | 6.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $772cash | 7.3× | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $779cash | 7.3× | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $795cash | 7.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $812cash | 7.6× | — |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $816cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $847cash | 8.0× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $862cash | 8.1× | — |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $863cash | 8.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $863cash | 8.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $863cash | 8.1× | — |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $863cash | 8.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $874cash | 8.2× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $874cash | 8.2× | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $938cash | 8.8× | — |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $955cash | 9.0× | — |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $1,008cash | 9.5× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $1,018cash | 9.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $1,128cash | 10.6× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $1,151cash | 10.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $1,151cash | 10.8× | — |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $1,151cash | 10.8× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $1,151cash | 10.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $1,151cash | 10.8× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $1,151cash | 10.8× | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $1,151cash | 10.8× | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $1,151cash | 10.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $1,373cash | 12.9× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $1,416cash | 13.3× | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $1,416cash | 13.3× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $1,416cash | 13.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $1,633cash | 15.4× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) gross charge | Hospital | $1,913cash | 18.0× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) gross charge | Hospital | $2,005cash | 18.9× | ★★★★★ |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) gross charge | Hospital | $2,105cash | 19.8× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) gross charge | Hospital | $2,241cash | 21.1× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) gross charge | Hospital | $2,267cash | 21.3× | — |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) gross charge | Hospital | $2,963cash | 27.9× | — |
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. 10 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 72110 (Lumbar spine X-ray, 3+ views), Medicare's benchmark rate is $106.34. A fair self-pay target for this line is $212.68. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 72110 is $681.20, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $334.59–$950.47. 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 72110 cost in California?
For lumbar spine X-ray, 3+ views (CPT 72110) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $624, with hospitals ranging from $335 to $950 across 92 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $106, 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 lumbar spine X-ray, 3+ views cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for lumbar spine X-ray, 3+ views (CPT 72110) in California is around $624, with hospital prices ranging from $335 to $950 across 92 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 72110?
Medicare pays about $106 for lumbar spine X-ray, 3+ views (CPT 72110). 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 lumbar spine X-ray, 3+ views?
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.