US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in California

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$79,432typical hospital bill
$12,216typical amount paid
$6,810–$33,910range paid across 144 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $79,432 for this stay in 2024, about 6.5 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 Medical Center PowayPoway13$128,554$6,810
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido35$94,195$7,752
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia35$87,553$9,338
Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside20$61,410$10,073
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills27$121,916$10,177
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach32$54,504$10,270
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley48$104,267$10,388
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos11$181,214$10,419
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia56$109,294$10,615
Enloe HealthChico62$66,604$10,668
Oroville HospitalOroville21$27,615$10,680
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas14$49,687$10,741
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey16$98,254$10,784
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield30$88,413$10,816
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis55$80,445$10,864
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale15$75,048$10,913
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla17$54,268$10,955
Encino Hospital Medical CenterEncino16$46,062$10,956
Redlands Community HospitalRedlands24$105,448$10,977
Memorial Medical CenterModesto36$72,228$10,990
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana31$100,978$11,008
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard29$72,472$11,013
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier17$70,456$11,089
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance59$123,980$11,099
Uci Health-LakewoodLakewood19$145,965$11,127
Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi28$113,141$11,141
Mercy Hospital of FolsomFolsom30$81,056$11,170
Adventist Health HanfordHanford22$54,729$11,201
Parkview Community Hospital Medical CenterRiverside20$65,917$11,233
Foothill Regional Medical CenterTustin12$75,317$11,241
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield35$83,761$11,272
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills17$202,535$11,276
Sonoma Valley HospitalSonoma17$103,101$11,286
Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian HospitalGlendora14$47,551$11,350
Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks29$39,661$11,405
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa73$85,475$11,418
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley27$116,641$11,436
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding61$68,316$11,448
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria28$67,217$11,493
Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock15$142,672$11,495
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles32$45,043$11,511
Mercy HospitalBakersfield20$71,093$11,536
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara30$70,865$11,553
Huntington HospitalPasadena42$114,985$11,555
Whittier Hospital Medical CenterWhittier22$64,660$11,567
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley14$53,987$11,598
Palmdale Regional Medical CenterPalmdale13$105,817$11,694
Memorial Hospital of GardenaGardena21$66,558$11,704
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale32$84,218$11,758
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista37$135,442$11,794
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood97$77,832$11,823
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank36$88,674$11,824
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale59$89,799$11,827
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South BayHarbor City11$68,880$11,888
Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles18$42,103$11,889
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles59$43,261$11,889
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville50$92,546$11,899
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley23$165,684$11,921
Doctors Medical CenterModesto25$205,870$11,922
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood31$43,042$11,955
Alhambra Hospital Medical CenterAlhambra14$89,696$11,957
Adventist Health SonoraSonora39$77,522$11,976
St Elizabeth Community HospitalRed Bluff19$61,275$11,980
Sequoia HospitalRedwood City11$130,769$12,038
Woodland Memorial HospitalWoodland12$72,488$12,042
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka21$70,136$12,077
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego51$91,070$12,104
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego18$85,349$12,109
Hemet Global Medical CenterHemet12$43,978$12,140
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage56$77,884$12,147
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael73$98,645$12,191
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz47$134,170$12,206
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland18$56,990$12,225
Marshall Medical CenterPlacerville33$82,232$12,236
Methodist Hospital of SacramentoSacramento30$74,879$12,240
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey38$97,285$12,265
Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys28$64,462$12,292
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach33$117,901$12,319
Mercy Medical CenterMerced43$80,041$12,333
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks13$230,353$12,341
Mission Community HospitalPanorama City26$39,990$12,350
El Camino HealthMountain View29$116,877$12,351
Sierra View Medical CenterPorterville22$33,784$12,389
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno93$46,366$12,403
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia51$46,148$12,513
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley16$79,528$12,572
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame18$52,082$12,609
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs17$152,267$12,618
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa14$88,247$12,627
Washington HospitalFremont64$109,503$12,638
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville39$58,191$12,649
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura21$40,179$12,655
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina31$63,483$12,680
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta20$81,141$12,732
St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino27$76,151$12,808
Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch28$81,158$12,815
East Los Angeles Doctors HospitalLos Angeles11$96,111$12,864
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa21$74,028$12,932
College Medical CenterLong Beach12$41,027$13,019
St Mary Medical CenterLong Beach22$90,260$13,046
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego14$56,296$13,079
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord35$152,358$13,099
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas50$109,968$13,200
Ventura County Medical CenterVentura31$71,721$13,497
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge43$122,941$13,574
Sutter Solano Medical CenterVallejo14$84,496$13,619
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento25$65,123$13,631
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae35$137,109$13,677
Adventist Health Ukiah ValleyUkiah15$60,618$13,817
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica21$76,190$13,872
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - SacramentoSacramento13$79,337$14,186
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno45$66,303$14,203
California Pacific Medical Center - Mission BernalSan Francisco15$62,534$14,208
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa30$61,204$14,438
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield49$159,767$14,472
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta18$68,562$14,501
Community Hospital of San BernardinoSan Bernardino12$79,079$14,610
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek29$124,377$14,718
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton37$105,347$14,783
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula11$63,134$14,915
Natividad Medical CenterSalinas12$68,636$15,021
California Hospital Medical Center LaLos Angeles11$50,653$15,028
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley22$76,664$15,031
Ucsf Health St. Mary's HospitalSan Francisco20$70,721$15,757
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco12$56,941$16,552
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles88$232,733$17,715
Uci Health-OrangeOrange16$68,313$17,817
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton20$187,745$18,129
Mercy General HospitalSacramento35$92,394$18,632
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose53$118,284$18,952
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland24$67,459$18,955
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento61$125,299$18,992
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica14$95,970$20,540
Highland HospitalOakland12$93,799$20,866
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego26$117,735$21,578
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco53$101,945$23,092
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance13$59,021$23,358
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco19$153,242$24,003
Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles35$54,002$25,804
Ucsf Health Saint Francis HospitalSan Francisco16$172,655$25,817
Stanford Health CareStanford53$276,390$26,055
Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterSylmar12$35,561$28,766
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland24$269,841$31,978
Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterMartinez13$60,157$33,910

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.