US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Cns Principal Diagnosis with Mcc O in California

MS-DRG 023: Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis with mcc o

$366,665typical hospital bill
$63,524typical amount paid
$37,007–$129,319range paid across 54 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $366,665 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
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia14$345,472$37,007
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido25$395,457$50,174
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina14$238,341$52,425
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier17$383,771$52,698
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael21$283,361$53,616
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard20$318,981$53,638
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley13$660,808$55,805
California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus HospSan Francisco12$224,510$55,958
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding47$262,539$56,030
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach17$225,327$56,177
Huntington HospitalPasadena19$318,549$56,237
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster14$278,203$56,979
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank26$326,359$57,576
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance30$263,493$57,579
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa12$399,209$57,610
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica14$256,415$57,834
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills14$314,948$59,081
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale15$356,159$59,354
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks13$765,050$59,367
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego13$433,126$59,430
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo16$356,515$59,481
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland13$305,552$61,620
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona24$611,059$62,359
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno64$304,536$62,474
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla17$459,378$63,024
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside24$758,930$63,029
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield20$402,959$63,173
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs20$656,644$63,875
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton19$261,191$63,982
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance19$515,059$64,127
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach14$371,836$64,215
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara40$381,151$65,819
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los AngelesLos Angeles15$183,939$66,432
Doctors Medical CenterModesto64$762,415$67,303
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge13$604,362$68,166
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula12$284,156$69,290
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityRedwood City20$224,637$70,178
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville37$336,137$73,145
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley19$361,495$74,398
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento29$293,287$75,430
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame16$320,644$79,854
Uci Health-OrangeOrange23$349,666$82,758
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego23$318,216$84,514
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek43$543,074$85,820
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose20$1,368,799$96,468
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda22$456,590$97,714
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento71$374,726$100,035
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco45$491,873$101,212
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles30$1,308,731$107,463
Stanford Health CareStanford48$918,591$109,539
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles22$473,301$109,542
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles21$468,363$125,340
Highland HospitalOakland12$566,714$129,030
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco14$414,908$129,319

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.