How much does knee X-ray, 3 views cost in California?
CPT 73562 — 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.
73562 Knee 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
$441
Medicare $88
Ask $176
$21 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $4,783
What Medicare paysⓘ
$88
Typical price near you
$441
Cash / self-pay price
$459
Prices near you — 78 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $21cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $48negotiated | 0.5× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $48negotiated | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $55cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $75cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $81cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $111cash | 1.3× | — |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $111cash | 1.3× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $117negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $118negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $124negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $151negotiated | 1.7× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $151negotiated | 1.7× | — |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $176cash | 2.0× | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $227cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $227cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $227cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $227cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) | Hospital | $243cash | 2.8× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $270cash | 3.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) | Hospital | $304cash | 3.5× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $310cash | 3.5× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $310cash | 3.5× | — |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $312cash | 3.5× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $322cash | 3.7× | — |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $324cash | 3.7× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $335cash | 3.8× | — |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $336cash | 3.8× | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $336cash | 3.8× | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $340cash | 3.9× | — |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $356cash | 4.0× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $358cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $370cash | 4.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $384cash | 4.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $406cash | 4.6× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $406cash | 4.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $406cash | 4.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $409cash | 4.6× | — |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $440cash | 5.0× | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $442cash | 5.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $456cash | 5.2× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $456cash | 5.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $459cash | 5.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $459cash | 5.2× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $459cash | 5.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $475cash | 5.4× | — |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $513cash | 5.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $513cash | 5.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $513cash | 5.8× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $513cash | 5.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $517cash | 5.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $565cash | 6.4× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $565cash | 6.4× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $668cash | 7.6× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $680cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $774cash | 8.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $798cash | 9.1× | — |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $980cash | 11.1× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $1,033cash | 11.7× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $1,038cash | 11.8× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $1,046cash | 11.9× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $1,113cash | 12.6× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $1,144cash | 13.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $1,311cash | 14.9× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $1,431cash | 16.3× | — |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $1,431cash | 16.3× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $1,431cash | 16.3× | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $1,431cash | 16.3× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $1,431cash | 16.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $1,431cash | 16.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $1,431cash | 16.3× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $1,431cash | 16.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $1,537cash | 17.5× | — |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $1,885cash | 21.4× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $1,885cash | 21.4× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $1,885cash | 21.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $2,164cash | 24.6× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) gross charge | Hospital | $4,783cash | 54.3× | — |
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. 2 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 73562 (Knee 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 73562 is $459.20, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $263.07–$1,034.56. 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 73562 cost in California?
For knee X-ray, 3 views (CPT 73562) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $441, with hospitals ranging from $263 to $1,035 across 78 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 knee X-ray, 3 views cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for knee X-ray, 3 views (CPT 73562) in California is around $441, with hospital prices ranging from $263 to $1,035 across 78 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 73562?
Medicare pays about $88 for knee X-ray, 3 views (CPT 73562). 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 knee 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.