US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc in California

MS-DRG 025: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with mcc

$342,944typical hospital bill
$51,388typical amount paid
$27,508–$110,171range paid across 65 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $342,944 for this stay in 2024, about 6.7 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
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido18$352,248$27,508
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia12$288,685$34,396
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach58$186,785$37,741
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz14$300,388$37,915
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance34$195,964$38,600
Enloe HealthChico16$285,549$41,063
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica24$207,090$41,156
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos14$599,410$41,965
Memorial Medical CenterModesto19$208,317$42,346
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard13$297,578$42,585
Adventist Health Sierra VistaSan Luis Obispo28$417,727$42,764
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville35$244,636$43,101
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton43$216,904$43,204
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria16$279,455$44,465
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange14$185,532$44,555
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael30$248,007$45,082
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield13$245,526$45,149
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley12$641,161$45,251
Doctors Medical CenterModesto20$565,380$45,346
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills16$375,608$45,444
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta14$241,904$45,819
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage26$281,090$47,136
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale36$290,182$48,096
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno67$295,048$48,296
El Camino HealthMountain View14$428,475$48,755
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding31$337,907$48,779
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge14$498,605$49,459
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley19$145,182$49,504
Huntington HospitalPasadena26$373,770$50,166
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose16$782,170$50,569
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs21$659,254$50,582
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo41$258,516$51,233
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance29$473,660$51,388
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara39$263,231$51,453
California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus HospSan Francisco15$235,217$52,270
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego16$449,788$52,345
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley27$280,868$53,818
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame14$244,371$53,964
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank26$342,944$54,243
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento22$232,013$55,740
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles113$622,118$56,513
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield18$587,290$56,895
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - SacramentoSacramento11$241,858$56,952
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas12$427,402$57,231
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey17$314,767$57,708
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside23$759,494$58,913
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla19$607,975$60,692
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego19$490,953$61,051
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles39$291,394$61,507
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae13$575,094$65,000
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach28$492,716$67,059
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks22$724,830$67,322
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego66$325,022$69,891
Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla25$550,765$71,410
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco14$176,531$71,695
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco184$343,323$74,161
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda34$467,568$75,059
Stanford Health CareStanford97$610,786$76,216
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose17$344,840$77,073
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento88$495,595$79,720
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles87$277,681$81,548
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa22$445,946$82,307
Uci Health-OrangeOrange50$402,677$83,158
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek55$615,698$93,835
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco17$526,801$110,171

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.