US Health Care Costs

Acute Adjustment Reaction and Psychosocial Dysfunction in California

MS-DRG 880: Acute adjustment reaction and psychosocial dysfunction

$84,561typical hospital bill
$13,695typical amount paid
$9,307–$19,483range paid across 4 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $84,561 for this stay in 2024, about 6.2 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 staysBilledPaid
Enloe HealthChico14$58,364$9,307
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks11$105,224$10,085
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco13$63,898$17,305
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda11$108,643$19,483

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.