US Health Care Costs

Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Mcc in California

MS-DRG 073: Cranial and peripheral nerve disorders with mcc

$78,920typical hospital bill
$16,889typical amount paid
$14,818–$43,968range paid across 16 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $78,920 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas12$57,348$14,818
Encino Hospital Medical CenterEncino11$38,821$14,969
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach13$93,048$15,382
Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks14$34,309$15,715
Huntington HospitalPasadena13$149,608$15,766
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles13$47,922$16,308
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood59$39,438$16,334
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale11$64,792$16,841
Paradise Valley HospitalNational City18$34,571$16,937
Saint Francis Medical CenterLynwood14$55,205$17,089
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood30$108,335$20,696
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento19$120,680$23,677
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica11$182,157$27,056
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco12$206,150$29,193
Stanford Health CareStanford11$369,907$33,536
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno11$323,152$43,968

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.