US Health Care Costs

Acute Leukemia with Mcc in California

MS-DRG 834: Acute leukemia with mcc

$411,465typical hospital bill
$108,170typical amount paid
$67,949–$177,057range paid across 9 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $411,465 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento18$191,415$67,949
Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla16$173,721$70,390
Uci Health-OrangeOrange23$391,455$94,769
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles17$1,087,824$103,303
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego22$384,398$108,170
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento33$609,068$118,864
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles11$411,465$129,376
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco28$674,493$129,625
Stanford Health CareStanford20$1,157,661$177,057

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.