US Health Care Costs

Major Chest Trauma with Cc in California

MS-DRG 184: Major chest trauma with cc

$121,587typical hospital bill
$12,579typical amount paid
$10,244–$22,755range paid across 20 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $121,587 for this stay in 2024, about 9.7 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)
Enloe HealthChico14$118,979$10,244
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Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo22$90,748$10,720
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Huntington HospitalPasadena22$128,429$11,111
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Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael21$137,252$11,557
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Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage11$55,000$11,902
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Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae11$88,744$12,098
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Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla31$120,104$12,233
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Community Regional Medical CenterFresno27$95,874$12,277
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Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville40$80,613$12,388
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Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa17$143,515$12,574
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Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs17$236,038$12,585
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Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara27$65,324$13,247
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Ventura County Medical CenterVentura14$98,132$13,404
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Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks12$124,645$15,456
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Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose21$74,768$17,705
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Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles29$263,767$17,749
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Stanford Health CareStanford39$211,814$18,454
–Not in dollars (16 plans)
Highland HospitalOakland16$154,852$20,487
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University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento30$123,070$20,598
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Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco29$126,379$22,755
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Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach––––$24,848$14,799–$30,082 · 4 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.