US Health Care Costs

Chest pain in California

MS-DRG 313: Chest pain

$56,628typical hospital bill
$7,994typical amount paid
$6,461–$13,161range paid across 65 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,628 for this stay in 2024, about 7.1 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
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia41$45,727$6,461
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos24$85,470$6,837
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier13$49,199$6,911
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills23$104,294$7,038
San Dimas Community HospitalSan Dimas12$27,160$7,132
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas15$40,681$7,134
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach12$47,670$7,182
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido16$74,764$7,212
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley15$74,231$7,238
Oroville HospitalOroville23$25,420$7,266
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale23$61,146$7,278
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield11$55,966$7,325
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance31$73,675$7,369
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland11$44,141$7,390
Desert Valley HospitalVictorville11$23,271$7,423
Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian HospitalGlendora26$34,243$7,471
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana26$49,596$7,482
Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks12$20,904$7,570
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield12$57,358$7,594
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard14$54,577$7,606
Uci Health-LakewoodLakewood19$100,119$7,649
Alhambra Hospital Medical CenterAlhambra13$49,351$7,655
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville20$49,550$7,710
Huntington HospitalPasadena15$62,656$7,714
Memorial Medical CenterModesto41$56,628$7,719
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley47$83,511$7,747
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood23$66,207$7,798
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa70$52,381$7,867
Garfield Medical CenterMonterey Park12$53,024$7,884
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley13$28,089$7,898
Memorial Hospital of GardenaGardena14$52,775$7,959
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista47$65,524$7,972
Mercy General HospitalSacramento24$58,071$7,994
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale15$53,684$8,003
Parkview Community Hospital Medical CenterRiverside11$41,651$8,006
West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim20$28,001$8,031
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek11$93,156$8,055
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles19$33,272$8,087
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia14$21,772$8,088
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael15$68,130$8,137
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale12$59,402$8,165
Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys20$33,721$8,167
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge23$93,285$8,174
Orange County Global Medical CenterSanta Ana13$30,833$8,256
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno28$37,186$8,311
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks35$74,547$8,325
Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles28$36,948$8,353
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina45$36,253$8,379
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae11$74,268$8,428
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta11$40,501$8,443
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta13$63,846$8,456
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno32$45,853$8,515
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego31$71,373$8,604
Doctors Medical CenterModesto16$158,451$8,678
St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino12$59,939$8,816
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose15$139,113$9,063
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento28$50,390$9,309
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula12$72,033$9,436
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside12$95,883$9,779
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas23$75,775$9,846
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles41$117,454$9,861
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach16$104,224$10,472
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs23$100,900$10,490
Stanford Health CareStanford19$134,481$12,465
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose13$69,461$13,161

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.