US Health Care Costs

Bowel obstruction, with complications in California

MS-DRG 389: Gastrointestinal obstruction with cc

$61,534typical hospital bill
$8,936typical amount paid
$6,191–$25,521range paid across 125 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $61,534 for this stay in 2024, about 6.9 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
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia31$45,999$6,191
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido29$67,154$6,407
Palomar Medical Center PowayPoway16$82,296$6,799
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley18$57,524$7,356
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos14$117,857$7,561
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills14$83,851$7,694
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey11$54,914$7,728
French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo27$48,029$7,729
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance51$72,470$7,814
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia22$59,277$7,826
Memorial Medical CenterModesto28$63,577$7,843
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley12$73,532$7,931
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach77$36,742$8,013
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton21$46,221$8,019
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla56$44,322$8,045
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica27$42,611$8,068
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland32$61,586$8,120
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana40$52,094$8,132
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding24$59,049$8,167
Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock21$112,162$8,181
Mercy Hospital of FolsomFolsom16$59,140$8,184
Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr CtrCoronado11$46,047$8,186
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield19$43,767$8,217
Marshall Medical CenterPlacerville21$66,499$8,245
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas39$48,543$8,246
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank30$52,090$8,282
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo46$41,133$8,296
Huntington HospitalPasadena41$67,138$8,299
Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley20$48,358$8,336
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale12$53,360$8,349
Uci Health-LakewoodLakewood12$97,377$8,352
Enloe HealthChico35$54,824$8,427
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley19$40,516$8,462
El Centro Regional Medical CenterEl Centro11$33,144$8,466
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley18$93,461$8,543
Mercy General HospitalSacramento11$47,548$8,554
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles12$49,414$8,563
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville23$61,882$8,587
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz24$82,389$8,591
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara25$48,346$8,603
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa42$61,713$8,608
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia22$33,966$8,611
Corona Regional Medical CenterCorona18$76,520$8,615
Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn12$48,781$8,629
Adventist Health HanfordHanford13$44,576$8,642
Adventist Health SonoraSonora15$45,455$8,658
Adventist Health Twin CitiesTempleton15$115,960$8,690
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria47$43,193$8,695
Doctors Medical CenterModesto11$133,665$8,746
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare DistrictBrawley17$18,882$8,754
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista28$67,017$8,766
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona18$77,373$8,772
Sutter Davis HospitalDavis12$40,944$8,775
Sequoia HospitalRedwood City12$89,562$8,788
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael27$61,534$8,795
Mercy HospitalBakersfield24$50,045$8,801
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard24$48,233$8,831
St Elizabeth Community HospitalRed Bluff11$56,244$8,838
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta19$60,092$8,852
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina30$50,212$8,868
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek46$73,608$8,900
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale23$62,592$8,917
San Ramon Regional Medical CenterSan Ramon16$112,181$8,936
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks40$108,406$8,991
Desert Valley HospitalVictorville14$32,273$9,031
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge22$81,412$9,039
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield12$61,796$9,050
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno39$29,062$9,059
Washington HospitalFremont17$56,520$9,120
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame24$43,429$9,132
Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi17$89,552$9,156
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale19$76,418$9,165
Watsonville Community HospitalWatsonville12$81,797$9,168
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose43$139,539$9,205
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae24$79,903$9,208
El Camino HealthMountain View46$84,041$9,235
Mercy Medical CenterMerced17$78,543$9,286
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton16$78,396$9,302
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville41$50,260$9,311
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland15$44,830$9,355
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley19$48,038$9,401
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego33$65,890$9,421
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta13$74,056$9,454
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura18$18,037$9,460
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance18$46,944$9,476
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas30$75,756$9,505
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage87$50,254$9,513
Sierra View Medical CenterPorterville13$21,167$9,547
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills11$77,197$9,587
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange24$44,833$9,642
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego32$54,334$9,688
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis29$54,471$9,716
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley11$42,706$9,781
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka11$71,248$9,927
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield37$111,671$9,941
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento30$55,374$9,975
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey33$54,253$10,095
Regional Medical Center of San JoseSan Jose18$141,523$10,284
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa21$64,653$10,340
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa23$64,852$10,379
Adventist Health White MemorialLos Angeles11$73,036$10,521
St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino13$64,327$10,756
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa24$54,242$10,846
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno17$76,154$10,887
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord33$71,686$10,970
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica30$56,517$11,061
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside25$93,990$11,084
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton14$87,598$11,241
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula14$63,591$11,249
Natividad Medical CenterSalinas12$72,524$11,318
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles83$147,807$11,501
Novato Community HospitalNovato14$43,707$11,808
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco29$49,363$13,672
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento34$77,449$13,768
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose26$51,385$13,898
Uci Health-OrangeOrange29$69,850$14,478
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills13$109,937$14,722
Stanford Health CareStanford58$139,154$15,122
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda35$77,795$15,356
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego33$56,405$15,928
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco12$88,612$18,421
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco41$89,951$19,004
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles21$80,179$19,479
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland16$48,836$19,819
Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterSylmar11$50,138$25,521

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.