How much does hand X-ray, 3+ views cost in California?
CPT 73130 — 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.
73130 Hand X-ray, 3+ views
Ask to pay
$176
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$464
Medicare $88
Ask $176
$5 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $3,934
What Medicare paysⓘ
$88
Typical price near you
$464
Cash / self-pay price
$486
Prices near you — 80 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $5cash | 0.1× | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $6cash | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $6cash | 0.1× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $19cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $51negotiated | 0.6× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $51negotiated | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $55cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $75cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $111cash | 1.3× | — |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $122cash | 1.4× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $124negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $135negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $135negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $198cash | 2.2× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $265cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $268cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $268cash | 3.0× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $281cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $295cash | 3.3× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $296cash | 3.4× | — |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $298cash | 3.4× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $307cash | 3.5× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $307cash | 3.5× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $307cash | 3.5× | — |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $315cash | 3.6× | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $326cash | 3.7× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $339cash | 3.8× | — |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $358cash | 4.1× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $363cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $410cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $410cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $410cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $410cash | 4.7× | — |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $410cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $421cash | 4.8× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $421cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $421cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $435cash | 4.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $452cash | 5.1× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $458cash | 5.2× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $458cash | 5.2× | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $464cash | 5.3× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $486cash | 5.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $496cash | 5.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $508cash | 5.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $508cash | 5.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $508cash | 5.8× | — |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $508cash | 5.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $530cash | 6.0× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $530cash | 6.0× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $560cash | 6.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $566cash | 6.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $566cash | 6.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $566cash | 6.4× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $580cash | 6.6× | ★★★★★ |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $591cash | 6.7× | — |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $663cash | 7.5× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $678cash | 7.7× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $722cash | 8.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $818cash | 9.3× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $953cash | 10.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $973cash | 11.1× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $994cash | 11.3× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $1,059cash | 12.0× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $1,329cash | 15.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $1,329cash | 15.1× | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $1,329cash | 15.1× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $1,329cash | 15.1× | — |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $1,329cash | 15.1× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $1,329cash | 15.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $1,329cash | 15.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $1,329cash | 15.1× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $1,394cash | 15.8× | — |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $1,407cash | 16.0× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $1,572cash | 17.9× | — |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $1,754cash | 19.9× | — |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $1,787cash | 20.3× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $1,787cash | 20.3× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $1,787cash | 20.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) gross charge | Hospital | $3,934cash | 44.7× | — |
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. 5 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 73130 (Hand X-ray, 3+ views), Medicare's benchmark rate is $88.05. A fair self-pay target for this line is $176.10. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 73130 is $485.55, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $296.13–$918.91. 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 73130 cost in California?
For hand X-ray, 3+ views (CPT 73130) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $464, with hospitals ranging from $296 to $919 across 80 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $88, 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 hand X-ray, 3+ views cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for hand X-ray, 3+ views (CPT 73130) in California is around $464, with hospital prices ranging from $296 to $919 across 80 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 73130?
Medicare pays about $88 for hand X-ray, 3+ views (CPT 73130). 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 hand 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.