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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: posted prices

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA posted prices for 10 common services in its price file (file last updated November 26, 2025; downloaded November 14, 2026). Cash prices and insurer-negotiated rates below are what the hospital lists for each service. They are not what any one patient pays, which depends on insurance and the care received.

Service and the line as postedCash price (discounted, without insurance)Insurer-negotiated rates, lowest to highestList price before discounts
Emergency room visit, level 3
HB ED FACILITY LEVEL 3, CPT 99283
$5,680$345 – $14,761$8,739
Emergency room visit, level 4
HB ED FACILITY LEVEL 4, CPT 99284
$8,160$530 – $14,761$12,554
MRI of a leg joint, without contrast
HB MRI EXT LOW JT WO CONT UNI, CPT 73721
$4,985$301 – $14,761$7,669
MRI of the brain, without contrast
HB MRI HEAD/BRAIN WO CONT, CPT 70551
$3,543$301 – $14,761$5,450
CT scan of the head, without contrast
HB CT HEAD/BRAIN WO CONT, CPT 70450
$4,337$132 – $14,761$6,672
Chest X-ray, 2 views
HB XR EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS, CPT 71046
$899$110 – $14,761$1,383
Vaginal delivery
VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION/D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC, MS-DRG 807
Not stated in the file$8,016 – $24,863Not stated in the file
Cesarean delivery
CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC, MS-DRG 788
Not stated in the file$10,456 – $35,855Not stated in the file
Appendectomy
Outpatient Surgical Group 6, CPT 44970
$937$22,453 – $34,210$1,441
Coronary angioplasty with stent
HB STENT, PLACE LC RX-ELUT, CPT 92928
$85,470$13,270 – $34,210$131,492

Each figure is read from the hospital’s own line for the service, as on the interactive hospital page, which also shows every other line the file posts. Source: the hospital’s standard charges file, required by federal price transparency rules. The hospital’s price file

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