US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in California

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$54,077typical hospital bill
$8,682typical amount paid
$5,978–$24,688range paid across 188 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,077 for this stay in 2024, about 6.2 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 PowayPoway18$81,180$5,978
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido39$73,554$6,271
Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside16$36,062$6,368
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia46$52,091$7,339
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos38$94,667$7,394
French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo19$51,488$7,419
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla50$46,845$7,420
San Dimas Community HospitalSan Dimas15$31,939$7,546
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley24$61,232$7,547
Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding24$36,245$7,558
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills28$99,764$7,574
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana38$50,533$7,574
Adventist Health Twin CitiesTempleton37$116,856$7,603
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey20$56,427$7,626
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley40$74,220$7,643
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia17$82,547$7,668
Chapman Global Medical CenterOrange20$28,157$7,684
Huntington Beach HospitalHuntington Beach25$36,825$7,694
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale33$61,616$7,696
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance42$67,691$7,699
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier25$55,347$7,794
Memorial Medical CenterModesto54$48,441$7,809
Oroville HospitalOroville22$22,582$7,827
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield24$60,398$7,831
Foothill Regional Medical CenterTustin34$54,402$7,835
Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian HospitalGlendora19$37,578$7,836
Community Hospital of Huntington ParkHuntington Park14$35,117$7,848
Encino Hospital Medical CenterEncino23$24,761$7,856
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland35$57,328$7,874
Doctors Hospital of MantecaManteca12$127,732$7,906
Marshall Medical CenterPlacerville17$44,293$7,963
Redlands Community HospitalRedlands25$71,501$8,006
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank38$54,303$8,014
Enloe HealthChico75$60,337$8,017
Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr CtrCoronado18$54,377$8,027
Desert Valley HospitalVictorville11$35,929$8,051
Mercy Hospital of FolsomFolsom19$59,095$8,051
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard28$52,799$8,074
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo32$49,086$8,078
L a Downtown Medical CenterLos Angeles20$27,926$8,081
Huntington HospitalPasadena49$69,575$8,094
Uci Health-LakewoodLakewood21$91,948$8,111
La Palma Intercommunity HospitalLa Palma38$29,094$8,112
El Centro Regional Medical CenterEl Centro17$36,104$8,113
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas22$47,450$8,126
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach99$33,435$8,134
Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi27$97,518$8,168
Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles29$38,112$8,171
Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley13$50,066$8,178
Sutter Tracy Community HospitalTracy13$44,752$8,185
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield29$48,134$8,202
Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks81$20,340$8,207
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa88$60,623$8,224
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis78$50,048$8,233
Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock28$109,277$8,246
Palmdale Regional Medical CenterPalmdale16$88,742$8,278
Garden Grove Hospital & Medical CenterGarden Grove34$37,233$8,302
San Gabriel Valley Medical CenterSan Gabriel14$45,883$8,310
Corona Regional Medical CenterCorona12$60,778$8,316
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton16$44,048$8,317
Alhambra Hospital Medical CenterAlhambra11$53,959$8,332
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley41$105,187$8,375
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara42$40,906$8,387
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood75$50,771$8,389
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale15$50,122$8,404
Parkview Community Hospital Medical CenterRiverside33$39,113$8,406
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles53$34,335$8,428
Menifee Global Medical CenterSun City13$25,202$8,431
Garfield Medical CenterMonterey Park36$67,206$8,434
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance29$54,592$8,452
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare DistrictBrawley25$26,862$8,456
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills11$48,938$8,464
Adventist Health HanfordHanford18$31,904$8,466
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria51$55,302$8,483
Sutter Davis HospitalDavis12$39,072$8,484
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles29$45,429$8,485
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek66$84,411$8,515
Pih Health Downey HospitalDowney21$53,205$8,525
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta19$42,438$8,576
Doctors Medical CenterModesto18$158,383$8,581
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista44$71,692$8,586
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks42$105,539$8,594
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina40$41,641$8,604
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica29$43,572$8,609
Victor Valley Global Medical CenterVictorville20$22,875$8,614
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster14$47,643$8,618
Greater El Monte Community HospitalSouth El Monte13$49,164$8,621
Mercy General HospitalSacramento20$61,110$8,621
West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim106$33,034$8,621
Whittier Hospital Medical CenterWhittier33$48,997$8,639
Lompoc Valley Medical CenterLompoc11$22,371$8,655
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose52$119,249$8,671
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding48$63,873$8,673
Orange County Global Medical CenterSanta Ana13$36,476$8,676
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael35$60,771$8,688
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale80$61,441$8,694
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood49$32,736$8,696
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona22$80,581$8,723
St Elizabeth Community HospitalRed Bluff14$56,419$8,727
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge40$83,224$8,747
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach25$69,030$8,798
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz29$93,892$8,802
Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys22$36,303$8,815
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka16$54,276$8,825
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills22$52,898$8,838
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey41$62,486$8,898
Montclair Hospital Medical CenterMontclair16$28,344$8,923
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage94$53,256$8,931
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley18$50,289$8,937
El Camino HealthMountain View69$71,719$8,943
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta25$77,925$8,986
Saint Francis Medical CenterLynwood22$29,732$8,999
Mission Community HospitalPanorama City11$49,072$9,018
Mercy Medical CenterMerced25$61,805$9,029
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura33$20,950$9,030
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland33$53,536$9,069
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame44$44,345$9,077
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno53$49,021$9,087
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno107$34,505$9,098
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia84$29,322$9,111
Hemet Global Medical CenterHemet14$28,468$9,132
Watsonville Community HospitalWatsonville14$77,973$9,137
Washington HospitalFremont43$68,273$9,204
Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn21$43,073$9,236
Mercy HospitalBakersfield26$50,430$9,244
St Rose HospitalHayward18$64,158$9,245
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas71$72,757$9,248
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs21$124,076$9,252
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae43$105,331$9,256
Sierra View Medical CenterPorterville23$28,781$9,341
College Medical CenterLong Beach41$28,604$9,362
Paradise Valley HospitalNational City18$27,136$9,367
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa33$77,382$9,383
Methodist Hospital of SacramentoSacramento12$59,617$9,388
Chino Valley Medical CenterChino26$42,567$9,394
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord46$94,008$9,405
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville75$65,573$9,427
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville74$50,983$9,436
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield17$117,815$9,439
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange13$38,322$9,509
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley30$53,184$9,529
St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino22$63,450$9,591
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa29$87,995$9,654
Regional Medical Center of San JoseSan Jose18$145,195$9,659
Alameda HospitalAlameda12$66,546$9,776
Sutter Solano Medical CenterVallejo11$46,164$9,809
California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus HospSan Francisco17$40,592$9,829
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego50$70,881$9,929
St Mary Medical CenterLong Beach11$57,386$9,959
California Pacific Medical Center - Mission BernalSan Francisco19$51,399$10,101
Adventist Health Ukiah ValleyUkiah15$40,842$10,106
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego30$49,801$10,150
Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla21$27,591$10,167
Adventist Health White MemorialLos Angeles22$93,045$10,312
Ventura County Medical CenterVentura21$57,630$10,411
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento37$52,765$10,438
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa21$53,464$10,573
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside43$88,550$10,598
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton16$75,665$10,697
Natividad Medical CenterSalinas22$66,248$10,947
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula27$66,996$10,989
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles90$129,889$11,069
Colusa Medical CenterColusa13$19,181$11,128
Ucsf Health St. Mary's HospitalSan Francisco22$76,482$11,854
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley29$57,134$12,227
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalLos Angeles11$127,085$12,280
Ucsf Health Saint Francis HospitalSan Francisco14$97,653$12,281
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los AngelesLos Angeles14$33,321$12,440
Kern Medical CenterBakersfield15$35,398$12,512
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica40$55,858$12,661
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland17$45,648$13,247
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles16$51,883$13,377
Kaiser Foundation Hosp So SacramentoSacramento11$69,913$13,388
Uci Health-OrangeOrange40$56,550$13,439
Adventist Health SonoraSonora16$66,925$13,595
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose67$73,955$13,849
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda41$72,661$14,374
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco11$56,393$14,535
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento43$97,065$14,679
Highland HospitalOakland35$65,630$15,952
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles16$60,275$16,118
Stanford Health CareStanford81$156,028$16,728
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco41$100,394$16,790
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco28$68,885$17,534
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego57$56,377$18,362
Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles47$53,336$21,151
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance34$54,195$22,430
Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterSylmar23$44,777$24,688

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.