US Health Care Costs

Bowel surgery, with complications in California

MS-DRG 330: Major small and large bowel procedures with cc

$180,851typical hospital bill
$25,766typical amount paid
$19,655–$61,864range paid across 80 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $180,851 for this stay in 2024, about 7.0 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
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido16$248,756$19,655
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia15$145,203$20,158
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica37$111,067$21,968
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia19$181,339$22,095
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills14$200,656$22,225
Enloe HealthChico39$189,847$22,471
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley35$153,454$22,561
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance30$186,588$22,811
Mercy HospitalBakersfield24$125,965$22,820
Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley18$164,620$22,829
Memorial Medical CenterModesto23$124,102$22,887
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland25$178,513$22,973
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank26$169,680$23,043
Huntington HospitalPasadena34$193,829$23,404
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo38$130,855$23,443
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis16$154,202$23,594
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard17$152,658$23,745
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding32$144,926$23,862
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach103$157,299$23,993
Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi11$222,709$24,060
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton22$101,917$24,106
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa23$194,241$24,300
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara46$134,312$24,308
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla35$235,576$24,309
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks29$371,869$24,328
San Ramon Regional Medical CenterSan Ramon11$291,910$24,561
Redlands Community HospitalRedlands11$188,419$24,637
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento39$111,249$24,739
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale30$161,529$25,065
Mercy General HospitalSacramento19$229,704$25,195
Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn11$121,125$25,251
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz15$227,917$25,293
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana28$177,492$25,296
Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock15$316,014$25,368
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria13$201,671$25,378
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange19$94,908$25,515
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville50$118,770$25,579
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka21$180,363$25,598
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier17$135,075$25,600
Adventist Health SonoraSonora16$162,013$25,710
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae24$268,315$25,821
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland21$147,127$26,022
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego36$191,300$26,183
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia20$90,230$26,350
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno37$170,028$26,471
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage76$185,526$26,759
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura17$95,269$26,866
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno34$112,597$26,874
El Camino HealthMountain View39$236,159$27,225
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills13$229,122$27,456
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica21$127,882$27,468
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield11$320,577$27,473
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek16$312,968$27,480
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame45$132,935$27,499
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas12$226,885$27,501
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa13$294,956$28,112
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton12$189,283$28,303
Sutter Surgical Hospital - North ValleyYuba City12$117,248$28,656
Adventist Health Ukiah ValleyUkiah16$104,780$28,793
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey30$193,286$28,829
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas22$286,710$29,119
Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla39$275,921$29,426
California Pacific Medical Center - Mission BernalSan Francisco12$128,319$29,619
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa30$142,493$30,405
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles122$358,506$30,522
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord61$264,864$30,939
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose34$425,087$31,729
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside23$382,135$31,998
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles66$155,489$36,487
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego73$188,617$36,662
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento67$282,436$38,329
Uci Health-OrangeOrange52$149,601$38,421
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda28$309,183$39,126
Stanford Health CareStanford124$361,905$41,867
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco25$160,519$42,801
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco90$196,440$43,087
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose12$236,738$43,394
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles52$157,816$46,266
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego12$73,130$56,927
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco11$331,241$61,864

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.