Office visit, new patient (level 3) Cost in Los Angeles, CA

Prices at 4 hospitals in Los Angeles, CA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $374 — 98% above the US median ($189), roughly 3.2× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
California Hospital Medical Center La	Los Angeles, CA	$148	$167	★ 2/5	254 min	—
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital	Los Angeles, CA	$374	$239	★ 1/5	172 min	—
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	$382	$160	★ 5/5	355 min	—

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated October 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$374

Cash / self-pay

$374

Insurer-negotiated

$203

Medicare pays

$118

$194$381

Median cash $374 · Medicare $118 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $374 — about 3.2× the Medicare rate ($118). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($235).

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Doctors who perform this in Los Angeles

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Jonathan Pirak, DPM	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	783
Benjamin Gross, M.D.	Neurology	Los Angeles, CA	561
Eric Millstein, M.D.	Orthopedic Surgery	Los Angeles, CA	432
Kevin Tseng, D.P.M.	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	385
Leonel Hunt, M.D.	Orthopedic Surgery	Los Angeles, CA	361
David Thordarson, M.D.	Orthopedic Surgery	Los Angeles, CA	339
Edward Rhee, DPM	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	333
Ilan Bazak, DPM	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	265
Farzin Kabaei, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Los Angeles, CA	255
Kevin Choi, M.D.	Otolaryngology	Los Angeles, CA	251
Virit Butani, D.P.M.	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	234
William Luxford, MD	Otolaryngology	Los Angeles, CA	229

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