Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in California

MS-DRG 027: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures without cc/mcc

$184,717typical hospital bill

$32,131typical amount paid

$23,542–$85,725range paid across 19 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $184,717 for this stay in 2024, about 5.7 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian	Newport Beach	45	$117,637	$23,542
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical Center	Fountain Valley	22	$86,138	$23,639
Huntington Hospital	Pasadena	17	$155,564	$24,733
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital	Santa Barbara	16	$186,324	$25,660
Good Samaritan Hospital	San Jose	11	$560,054	$26,910
Community Regional Medical Center	Fresno	11	$246,084	$27,549
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Ctr	Burbank	15	$211,376	$29,322
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles	53	$394,181	$30,150
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento	Sacramento	16	$165,003	$31,253
Saint John's Health Center	Santa Monica	13	$123,946	$32,131
Keck Hospital of Usc	Los Angeles	23	$159,826	$32,652
Scripps Green Hospital	La Jolla	22	$356,870	$32,917
University of California Davis Medical Center	Sacramento	36	$228,331	$33,997
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr	San Diego	22	$184,717	$35,687
Uci Health-Orange	Orange	28	$171,496	$37,681
Stanford Health Care	Stanford	89	$307,120	$40,039
Ucsf Medical Center	San Francisco	68	$206,506	$40,969
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center	Los Angeles	40	$157,296	$42,202
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City	Redwood City	13	$65,842	$85,725

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.