US Health Care Costs

Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures Without Cardiac Catheterization in California

MS-DRG 220: Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures without cardiac catheterization

$444,016typical hospital bill
$63,764typical amount paid
$50,685–$229,463range paid across 23 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $444,016 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
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach25$318,107$50,685
Huntington HospitalPasadena11$300,956$51,437
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla26$580,170$54,228
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara16$269,610$55,425
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno19$343,594$55,436
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage13$280,184$56,275
Sequoia HospitalRedwood City12$491,623$59,444
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego20$584,458$59,986
El Camino HealthMountain View19$444,016$60,445
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz18$532,220$60,615
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa11$586,051$61,341
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles62$687,298$63,764
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento48$291,300$72,334
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda16$460,504$74,730
Mercy General HospitalSacramento21$652,400$76,941
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord27$690,334$83,005
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles23$401,122$83,798
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco15$374,873$89,551
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles15$311,487$89,570
Stanford Health CareStanford99$897,454$103,649
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento12$671,448$104,808
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los AngelesLos Angeles13$128,908$186,335
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San FranciscoSan Francisco13$198,991$229,463

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.