US Health Care Costs

Interstitial Lung Disease with Mcc in California

MS-DRG 196: Interstitial lung disease with mcc

$129,302typical hospital bill
$24,063typical amount paid
$13,445–$130,835range paid across 20 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $129,302 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia13$99,433$13,445
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Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills11$237,165$17,271
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Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas20$97,031$17,814
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Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla11$113,099$18,039
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Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo17$100,263$18,357
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Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville17$86,688$18,406
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Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach25$85,677$18,421
–$43,838$25,947–$53,072 · 4 plans
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek21$208,333$20,721
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El Camino HealthMountain View14$232,232$21,613
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Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno11$82,913$24,033
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St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton11$130,524$24,094
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Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa13$100,028$24,927
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Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose14$373,753$25,235
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Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles32$293,166$27,034
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Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange14$92,704$35,531
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Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego22$176,363$38,155
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Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles16$128,081$39,636
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Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica17$206,593$40,333
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Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles11$161,760$42,041
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Stanford Health CareStanford26$1,094,250$130,835
–Not in dollars (16 plans)

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.