US Health Care Costs

Bowel surgery, with major complications in California

MS-DRG 329: Major small and large bowel procedures with mcc

$325,173typical hospital bill
$52,426typical amount paid
$37,556–$139,299range paid across 79 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $325,173 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
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido12$312,755$37,556
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia16$269,395$37,784
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley11$270,011$37,861
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland13$343,965$40,982
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas20$259,613$41,105
Oroville HospitalOroville15$116,363$41,470
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona11$367,613$41,728
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale11$308,509$42,842
Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding14$275,380$43,849
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla33$337,185$44,582
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana18$272,561$45,027
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria20$220,442$45,145
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard19$289,598$45,192
Mercy General HospitalSacramento13$242,243$45,314
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton14$188,409$45,589
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage42$232,620$45,606
Memorial Medical CenterModesto23$244,000$45,734
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville30$218,102$45,742
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank25$257,927$46,094
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange14$186,090$46,141
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina12$240,879$46,711
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks36$567,081$46,848
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach51$262,718$46,871
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae11$347,893$46,913
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley21$376,348$47,435
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego19$336,294$47,907
Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla15$357,068$48,083
San Ramon Regional Medical CenterSan Ramon11$568,130$48,161
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding54$255,962$48,576
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance32$366,465$48,747
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale24$325,173$49,174
Enloe HealthChico40$344,450$49,352
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos14$721,557$49,614
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno24$179,974$49,650
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara34$281,555$49,691
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis21$322,500$50,081
Huntington HospitalPasadena26$368,161$50,442
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame18$185,032$51,548
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville12$329,898$52,219
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka21$267,095$52,426
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura14$188,020$52,699
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley11$228,512$53,556
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance12$296,545$53,638
Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch14$236,524$54,290
Adventist Health SonoraSonora13$349,104$54,572
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia26$203,821$55,565
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz25$437,224$55,571
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento26$258,116$55,641
Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian HospitalGlendora12$274,658$55,894
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno24$353,267$56,319
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa24$214,718$56,631
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa27$446,667$56,649
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach14$488,465$57,640
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista15$392,210$57,769
Washington HospitalFremont15$330,197$58,035
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland14$287,103$58,894
El Camino HealthMountain View30$422,866$59,227
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord20$548,682$59,280
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills18$973,760$60,359
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica31$268,502$60,671
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose33$852,230$61,569
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica33$296,297$70,693
Uci Health-OrangeOrange39$318,746$73,381
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield24$840,441$74,615
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego61$368,020$76,631
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey24$455,433$81,610
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo15$294,983$84,464
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda13$494,507$87,509
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek33$674,852$87,652
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego26$415,346$89,505
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles83$996,471$90,178
Stanford Health CareStanford58$772,979$91,367
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco11$443,520$92,117
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose13$418,020$97,975
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles21$408,209$102,325
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco49$477,108$103,993
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento40$673,809$112,642
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco11$392,804$116,120
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles19$316,534$139,299

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.