How much does cesarean section w/o sterilization, w/o CC/MCC cost in California?
CPT 788 — 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.
788 Cesarean section w/o sterilization, w/o CC/MCC
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Ask to pay
$25,256
This is the local cash / self-pay price — usually the best rate you can ask for.
Typical
$10,488
Ask $25,256
$3,000 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $74,200
What Medicare paysⓘ
no data
Typical price near you
$10,488
Cash / self-pay price
$25,256
Prices near you — 84 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) lowest | Hospital | $3,000negotiated | — | — |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $3,350negotiated | — | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $3,708negotiated | — | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $3,708negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $3,708negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $5,258negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $5,258negotiated | — | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $5,258negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $5,310cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $5,651negotiated | — | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $6,819negotiated | — | — |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $8,537cash | — | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) | Hospital | $8,914cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $9,016negotiated | — | — |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $9,286negotiated | — | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $9,417cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $9,465negotiated | — | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $9,500negotiated | — | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $9,501negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $9,537negotiated | — | — |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $9,685negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $9,726negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $9,732negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $9,733negotiated | — | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $9,741negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $9,749negotiated | — | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $9,816negotiated | — | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $9,863negotiated | — | — |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $9,920negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $10,009negotiated | — | — |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $10,178cash | — | — |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $10,211negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $10,238negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $10,279cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $10,295negotiated | — | — |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $10,305negotiated | — | — |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $10,488negotiated | — | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $10,631negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $10,652cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $10,750negotiated | — | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $10,815negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $10,842negotiated | — | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $11,002negotiated | — | — |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $11,053negotiated | — | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $11,148negotiated | — | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $11,172negotiated | — | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $11,302cash | — | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $11,403negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $11,431negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $11,477negotiated | — | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $11,511negotiated | — | — |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $11,544negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $11,659negotiated | — | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $11,709negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $11,738negotiated | — | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $12,028negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $12,086negotiated | — | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $12,159negotiated | — | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $12,351negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $12,896negotiated | — | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $13,802negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $14,542negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $14,817cash | — | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $15,496negotiated | — | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $15,496negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $15,496negotiated | — | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $15,496negotiated | — | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $15,496negotiated | — | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $15,538negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $15,976negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $16,246negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $16,420negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $17,634negotiated | — | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) gross charge | Hospital | $25,719negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) gross charge | Hospital | $26,166negotiated | — | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) gross charge | Hospital | $35,695cash | — | — |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) gross charge | Hospital | $42,936cash | — | — |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) gross charge | Hospital | $48,996cash | — | — |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) gross charge | Hospital | $54,577cash | — | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) gross charge | Hospital | $54,577cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) gross charge | Hospital | $54,577cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) gross charge | Hospital | $54,577cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) gross charge | Hospital | $73,840cash | — | — |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) gross charge | Hospital | $74,200cash | — | — |
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. 11 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- No Medicare benchmark on file for 788 (Cesarean section w/o sterilization, w/o CC/MCC) — I can't anchor to Medicare here. Please send your pricing methodology for this code.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 788 is $25,256.08, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $9,695.52–$15,326.18. 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 788 cost in California?
For cesarean section w/o sterilization, w/o CC/MCC (CPT 788) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $10,488, with hospitals ranging from $9,696 to $15,326 across 84 facilities. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does cesarean section w/o sterilization, w/o CC/MCC cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for cesarean section w/o sterilization, w/o CC/MCC (CPT 788) in California is around $10,488, with hospital prices ranging from $9,696 to $15,326 across 84 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
Can I negotiate the price of cesarean section w/o sterilization, w/o CC/MCC?
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.