How much does sleep study (polysomnography) cost in California?
CPT 95810 — 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.
95810 Sleep study (polysomnography)
Ask to pay
$2,035
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$2,704
Medicare $1,017
Ask $2,035
$30 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $9,466
What Medicare paysⓘ
$1,017
Typical price near you
$2,704
Cash / self-pay price
$3,301
Prices near you — 63 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $30cash | 0.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $30cash | 0.0× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $30cash | 0.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $30cash | 0.0× | — |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $43cash | 0.0× | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $45cash | 0.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $54cash | 0.1× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $55cash | 0.1× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $58cash | 0.1× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $547cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $578cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $578cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $578cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $578cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $578cash | 0.6× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $605negotiated | 0.6× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $605negotiated | 0.6× | — |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $711negotiated | 0.7× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $711negotiated | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $860cash | 0.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $1,153negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $1,181negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $1,221negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $1,247negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $1,247negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $1,309negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $1,316negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $1,383cash | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $1,491negotiated | 1.5× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $1,491negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $1,491negotiated | 1.5× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $1,491negotiated | 1.5× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $1,491negotiated | 1.5× | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $1,543cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $2,083cash | 2.0× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $2,591negotiated | 2.5× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $2,816cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $3,160cash | 3.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $3,442cash | 3.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $4,069negotiated | 4.0× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $4,320cash | 4.2× | ★★★★★ |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $4,578cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $4,889cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $4,889cash | 4.8× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $4,889cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $5,187cash | 5.1× | — |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $5,203cash | 5.1× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $5,423cash | 5.3× | — |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $5,535cash | 5.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $5,535cash | 5.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $5,742negotiated | 5.6× | — |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $5,817cash | 5.7× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $5,817cash | 5.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $6,214cash | 6.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $6,671negotiated | 6.6× | — |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $7,239cash | 7.1× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $7,807cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $7,807cash | 7.7× | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $7,807cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $8,195negotiated | 8.1× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $8,448cash | 8.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $8,448cash | 8.3× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $9,466cash | 9.3× | ★★★★★ |
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 95810 (Sleep study (polysomnography)), Medicare's benchmark rate is $1,017.39. A fair self-pay target for this line is $2,034.78. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 95810 is $3,301.14, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $604.51–$5,423.25. 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 95810 cost in California?
For sleep study (polysomnography) (CPT 95810) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $2,704, with hospitals ranging from $605 to $5,423 across 63 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $1,017, 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 sleep study (polysomnography) cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for sleep study (polysomnography) (CPT 95810) in California is around $2,704, with hospital prices ranging from $605 to $5,423 across 63 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 95810?
Medicare pays about $1,017 for sleep study (polysomnography) (CPT 95810). 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 sleep study (polysomnography)?
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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If you were charged more than the fair price, you can usually negotiate it down. Paste your itemized bill to get a personalized appeal letter, the exact numbers to cite, an AI negotiation coach, and a charity-care eligibility check — free.
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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.