Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) in California

MS-DRG 274: Percutaneous and other intracardiac procedures without mcc

$159,307typical hospital bill

$34,920typical amount paid

$18,424–$53,534range paid across 66 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $159,307 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Palomar Health Downtown Campus	Escondido	38	$171,492	$18,424
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center	Laguna Hills	29	$117,726	$30,038
Tri-City Medical Center	Oceanside	54	$111,893	$30,268
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian	Newport Beach	48	$102,596	$30,501
Torrance Memorial Medical Center	Torrance	29	$141,725	$30,601
Saint John's Health Center	Santa Monica	121	$109,469	$30,766
Shasta Regional Medical Center	Redding	46	$227,186	$30,880
Adventist Health Bakersfield	Bakersfield	37	$160,630	$31,329
Providence Mission Hospital	Mission Viejo	63	$122,582	$31,432
Clovis Community Medical Center	Clovis	45	$112,126	$31,466
St Johns Regional Medical Center	Oxnard	99	$163,050	$31,483
Ucla West Valley Medical Center	West Hills	37	$550,038	$31,524
French Hospital Medical Center	San Luis Obispo	43	$155,426	$31,591
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital	Bakersfield	40	$157,982	$31,904
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla	La Jolla	365	$226,830	$31,919
Huntington Hospital	Pasadena	91	$142,113	$32,667
Antelope Valley Hospital	Lancaster	83	$173,581	$32,741
Providence St. Joseph Hospital	Orange	63	$94,960	$32,970
Grossmont Hospital	La Mesa	93	$154,641	$33,233
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital	Santa Barbara	133	$140,451	$33,278
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical Center	Fountain Valley	38	$131,672	$33,314
Pih Health Good Samaritan Hospital	Los Angeles	87	$108,225	$33,530
Doctors Medical Center	Modesto	13	$402,766	$33,577
Marian Regional Medical Center	Santa Maria	69	$129,990	$33,669
Northridge Hospital Medical Center	Northridge	23	$246,595	$33,733
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center	Chula Vista	44	$150,394	$33,938
Adventist Health St Helena	Saint Helena	82	$202,217	$34,003
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center	Glendale	13	$210,525	$34,026
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center	Pomona	12	$184,495	$34,032
Mercy General Hospital	Sacramento	127	$204,132	$34,115
Adventist Health and Rideout	Marysville	22	$108,803	$34,517
Glendale Adventist Medical Center	Glendale	43	$182,933	$34,907
Community Regional Medical Center	Fresno	34	$109,470	$34,908
Eisenhower Medical Center	Rancho Mirage	173	$111,765	$34,931
El Camino Health	Mountain View	62	$218,635	$35,187
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center	Thousand Oaks	145	$690,703	$35,312
Saint Agnes Medical Center	Fresno	84	$90,721	$35,339
Washington Hospital	Fremont	14	$198,023	$35,488
Sequoia Hospital	Redwood City	38	$255,094	$35,604
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta	Murrieta	116	$197,638	$35,616
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura	Ventura	108	$105,050	$35,780
Peninsula Medical Center	Burlingame	85	$152,406	$35,788
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula	Monterey	82	$224,267	$35,940
Marinhealth Medical Center	Greenbrae	54	$210,842	$36,008
Sharp Memorial Hospital	San Diego	56	$159,472	$37,255
Salinas Valley Health Medical Center	Salinas	67	$159,142	$37,653
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles	187	$364,621	$37,908
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center	Oakland	52	$182,842	$37,924
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital	Santa Rosa	68	$155,602	$37,926
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center	Long Beach	34	$151,031	$38,033
Scripps Mercy Hospital	San Diego	38	$234,270	$38,229
Good Samaritan Hospital	San Jose	50	$540,695	$38,293
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento	Sacramento	58	$175,150	$39,085
Desert Regional Medical Center	Palm Springs	43	$504,570	$39,292
John Muir Medical Center - Concord Campus	Concord	121	$242,757	$39,775
Keck Hospital of Usc	Los Angeles	61	$122,054	$40,390
Temecula Valley Hospital	Temecula	15	$181,123	$40,735
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton	Stockton	59	$138,779	$41,898
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr	San Diego	79	$80,840	$42,373
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus	San Francisco	38	$173,570	$44,211
University of California Davis Medical Center	Sacramento	84	$113,835	$44,615
Loma Linda University Medical Center	Loma Linda	102	$153,544	$45,182
Uci Health-Orange	Orange	52	$144,347	$47,599
Ucsf Medical Center	San Francisco	12	$205,768	$48,317
Stanford Health Care	Stanford	77	$345,282	$49,830
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center	Los Angeles	36	$134,061	$53,534

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.