Gallbladder Removal (Laparoscopic) Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery to remove the gallbladder, usually for painful gallstones or gallbladder inflammation. The stay involves the operation and a short recovery, often just a day or two.
State average
$80,411
gross charge · DRG 419
Hospitals
44
with published pricing
Price range
$9,023 – $193,590
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp, CA
Gross charge $9,023Cash pay $4,963 - 2
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Fort Bragg, CA
Gross charge $30,112Cash pay $19,874 - 3
Adventist Health Delano
Delano, CA
Gross charge $32,060Cash pay $6,412 - 4
Adventist Health Tulare
Tulare, CA
Gross charge $40,594Cash pay $7,713 - 5
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $40,980 - 6
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $45,987Cash pay $32,191 - 7
Fairchild Medical Center
Yreka, CA
Gross charge $47,802 - 8
Adventist Health Clear Lake
Clearlake, CA
Gross charge $49,835Cash pay $17,941 - 9
Adventist Health Hanford
Hanford, CA
Gross charge $50,368Cash pay $9,570 - 10
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest, CA
Gross charge $53,349Cash pay $28,275 - 11
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $53,564Cash pay $13,500 - 12
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $56,516Cash pay $39,561 - 13
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $56,825 - 14
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $59,983Cash pay $35,990 - 15
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge $61,201Cash pay $9,180 - 16
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley
Ukiah, CA
Gross charge $62,283Cash pay $12,457 - 17
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley
Tehachapi, CA
Gross charge $68,376Cash pay $18,461 - 18
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $73,927Cash pay $22,178 - 19
Adventist Health and Rideout
Marysville, CA
Gross charge $75,541Cash pay $16,619 - 20
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $75,795 - 21
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $76,930Cash pay $19,232 - 22
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $76,930Cash pay $19,232Medicare pays (avg) $10,508 - 23
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $76,930Cash pay $19,232 - 24
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $76,930Cash pay $19,232 - 25
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $78,699Cash pay $51,154 - 26
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $81,111Cash pay $19,467 - 27
Washington Health
Fremont, CA
Gross charge $85,543Cash pay $55,603 - 28
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $89,138Cash pay $7,547Medicare pays (avg) $12,714 - 29
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA
Gross charge $95,942Cash pay $47,971 - 30
Highland Hospital
Oakland, CA
Gross charge $95,942Cash pay $47,971 - 31
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $96,924Cash pay $72,693 - 32
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $96,924Cash pay $72,693 - 33
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $96,924Cash pay $72,693 - 34
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $96,924Cash pay $72,693 - 35
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $98,133Cash pay $100,096 - 36
Adventist Health Sonora
Sonora, CA
Gross charge $98,570Cash pay $16,757 - 37
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Truckee, CA
Gross charge $106,683 - 38
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $113,627Cash pay $20,453 - 39
Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow, CA
Gross charge $117,056Cash pay $70,234 - 40
Sonoma Valley Hospital
Sonoma, CA
Gross charge $120,750Cash pay $84,525 - 41
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $140,347Cash pay $21,052 - 42
Adventist Health Glendale (Acute Care)
Glendale, CA
Gross charge $140,347Cash pay $21,052 - 43
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $143,074 - 44Gross charge $193,590Cash pay $13,551
- 45
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward, CA
Gross charge — - 46
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 47
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
Gross charge — - 48
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 49
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 50
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 51
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Banning, CA
Gross charge — - 52
Antelope Valley Medical Center
Lancaster, CA
Gross charge — - 53
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 54
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 55
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 56
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 57
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 58
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,797 - 59
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 60
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 61
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 62
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 63
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 64
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
San Gabriel, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 66
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 67
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 68
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge — - 69
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 71
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 72
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 73
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 74
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Alhambra, CA
Gross charge — - 75
AHMC Seton Medical Center
Daly City, CA
Gross charge — - 76
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 77
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 78
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 79
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA
Gross charge — - 80
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura
Ventura, CA
Gross charge — - 81
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 82
West Anaheim Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $18,632 - 83
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 84
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 85
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 86
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 87
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 88
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 89
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 90
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 91
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)
Thousand Oaks, CA
Gross charge — - 92
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,402 - 93
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 94
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 95
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 96
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,778 - 97
Whittier Hospital Medical Center
Whittier, CA
Gross charge — - 98
Monterey Park Hospital AHMC
Monterey Park, CA
Gross charge — - 99
Greater El Monte Community Hospital
South El Monte, CA
Gross charge — - 100
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 101
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Redding, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,672 - 102
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 103
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 104
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 105
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 106
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 107
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 108Gross charge —Cash pay $20,886
- 109
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge — - 110
Community Memorial Hospital – Ojai
Ojai, CA
Gross charge — - 111
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 112
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital
Santa Monica, CA
Gross charge — - 113
Doctors Hospital of Manteca
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 114
Watsonville Community Hospital
Watsonville, CA
Gross charge — - 115
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,694 - 116
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Pomona, CA
Gross charge — - 117
Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Palm Springs, CA
Gross charge — - 118
Sierra View Medical Center
Porterville, CA
Gross charge — - 119
Hi-Desert Medical Center
Joshua Tree, CA
Gross charge — - 120
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Pleasanton, CA
Gross charge — - 121
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge — - 122
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 123
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care — San Jose)
San Jose, CA
Gross charge — - 124
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,520 - 125
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 126
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 127
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 128
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA
Gross charge — - 129
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) (Medicare DRG 419) anywhere from $9,023 to $193,590 — a $184,567 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp; the most expensive is Adventist Health Lodi Memorial (Acute Care) in Lodi. The state average sits at $80,411.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. California hospitals missing from the list either don't perform gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 419 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.