US Health Care Costs

Complicated Peptic Ulcer with Mcc in California

MS-DRG 380: Complicated peptic ulcer with mcc

$139,219typical hospital bill
$24,043typical amount paid
$17,746–$36,817range paid across 10 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $139,219 for this stay in 2024, about 5.8 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
Memorial Medical CenterModesto15$84,104$17,746
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance11$202,078$18,469
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles22$74,577$19,390
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville11$94,731$19,840
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa14$126,188$21,826
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles16$282,306$26,259
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego13$86,484$29,580
Stanford Health CareStanford22$298,731$33,941
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco11$152,250$35,109
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento13$230,216$36,817

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.