US Health Care Costs

Bronchitis and Asthma with Cc/Mcc in California

MS-DRG 202: Bronchitis and asthma with cc/mcc

$69,000typical hospital bill
$10,468typical amount paid
$7,970–$24,706range paid across 54 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $69,000 for this stay in 2024, about 6.6 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$118,144$7,970
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia21$69,360$9,093
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley13$88,031$9,140
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills13$94,497$9,202
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier15$68,639$9,202
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis13$52,199$9,341
Enloe HealthChico12$61,814$9,346
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia11$95,307$9,357
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica11$49,704$9,414
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach24$55,437$9,424
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas16$55,234$9,428
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills18$147,016$9,542
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale15$60,858$9,568
Memorial Medical CenterModesto12$58,926$9,576
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance18$81,816$9,828
Marshall Medical CenterPlacerville12$74,144$9,865
Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks13$51,284$10,009
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville29$59,098$10,050
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank23$82,910$10,087
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo13$49,473$10,102
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana24$90,981$10,146
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance12$67,238$10,185
Huntington HospitalPasadena22$98,979$10,194
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley18$95,847$10,206
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa27$63,194$10,233
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles14$33,370$10,309
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood12$47,890$10,392
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood11$35,329$10,544
Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles13$46,756$10,620
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge15$99,401$10,711
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks24$103,093$10,839
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey17$67,847$10,851
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale13$103,199$10,856
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord20$121,519$10,907
El Camino HealthMountain View21$102,827$10,942
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno28$33,497$10,946
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina16$51,632$10,962
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae14$99,282$11,023
Washington HospitalFremont21$70,696$11,098
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego26$81,419$11,156
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura12$32,626$11,272
Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch11$74,663$11,294
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego11$66,522$11,462
Methodist Hospital of SacramentoSacramento11$95,529$11,553
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek24$128,021$11,991
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside11$89,777$12,651
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno16$56,412$12,898
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara17$59,785$12,963
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento16$55,132$13,454
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas11$62,450$13,780
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles58$165,617$13,933
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose20$94,082$15,543
Stanford Health CareStanford23$167,991$18,279
Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles12$51,055$24,706

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.