US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in California

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$83,201typical hospital bill
$14,110typical amount paid
$9,802–$35,613range paid across 198 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $83,201 for this stay in 2024, about 5.9 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 PowayPoway16$117,809$9,802
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia70$70,602$10,897
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia25$108,725$11,804
Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside29$54,533$11,837
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido55$115,411$12,003
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos45$157,710$12,078
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley36$87,900$12,088
French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo24$63,891$12,140
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale31$71,836$12,197
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey19$84,090$12,276
El Centro Regional Medical CenterEl Centro12$51,443$12,290
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach87$53,672$12,331
Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding95$49,995$12,451
Oroville HospitalOroville28$29,515$12,477
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills14$92,017$12,508
Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian HospitalGlendora31$64,765$12,562
San Dimas Community HospitalSan Dimas46$41,708$12,569
Enloe HealthChico78$84,519$12,589
Huntington Beach HospitalHuntington Beach27$39,386$12,655
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield36$91,159$12,664
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier47$73,706$12,671
Adventist Health Sierra VistaSan Luis Obispo19$190,256$12,724
Community Hospital of Huntington ParkHuntington Park23$61,820$12,729
Uci Health-LakewoodLakewood48$123,888$12,764
Chapman Global Medical CenterOrange19$35,916$12,804
Encino Hospital Medical CenterEncino33$41,294$12,810
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance104$122,347$12,930
Marshall Medical CenterPlacerville22$72,423$12,986
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana59$75,286$12,995
Parkview Community Hospital Medical CenterRiverside28$50,721$12,996
Doctors Hospital of MantecaManteca15$153,144$13,050
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills42$198,521$13,074
Redlands Community HospitalRedlands11$89,789$13,090
La Palma Intercommunity HospitalLa Palma60$27,319$13,091
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield47$78,720$13,112
Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr CtrCoronado13$87,547$13,113
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla32$70,012$13,146
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard45$86,121$13,155
Garfield Medical CenterMonterey Park45$123,474$13,157
Foothill Regional Medical CenterTustin81$68,701$13,163
Mercy Hospital of FolsomFolsom27$69,246$13,185
Desert Valley HospitalVictorville45$34,418$13,237
Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn16$54,654$13,248
Petaluma Valley HospitalPetaluma14$80,754$13,332
Mercy HospitalBakersfield33$88,338$13,346
Watsonville Community HospitalWatsonville19$71,689$13,351
Palmdale Regional Medical CenterPalmdale43$124,595$13,369
Pih Health Downey HospitalDowney31$89,920$13,391
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills63$73,831$13,394
Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi39$108,412$13,411
Memorial Hospital of GardenaGardena27$59,418$13,445
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton40$61,068$13,474
San Ramon Regional Medical CenterSan Ramon13$180,932$13,492
Coast Plaza HospitalNorwalk24$64,718$13,493
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding83$87,157$13,493
L a Downtown Medical CenterLos Angeles27$31,185$13,494
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland75$94,404$13,495
Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley15$84,493$13,498
Huntington HospitalPasadena70$106,979$13,521
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael52$111,658$13,525
Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock31$166,271$13,528
Alhambra Hospital Medical CenterAlhambra45$84,450$13,562
San Gabriel Valley Medical CenterSan Gabriel27$67,615$13,564
Garden Grove Hospital & Medical CenterGarden Grove57$53,980$13,566
Sutter Tracy Community HospitalTracy22$58,899$13,575
Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks210$26,689$13,596
Adventist Health Twin CitiesTempleton24$158,440$13,600
Orange County Global Medical CenterSanta Ana29$71,520$13,614
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas24$84,242$13,621
Whittier Hospital Medical CenterWhittier22$51,350$13,640
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley38$98,247$13,675
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica34$70,497$13,694
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo49$62,188$13,729
John F Kennedy Memorial HospitalIndio18$106,203$13,741
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville70$74,724$13,755
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis80$87,870$13,758
San Gorgonio Memorial HospitalBanning12$59,151$13,776
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista61$91,093$13,779
Ahmc Anaheim Regional Medical CenterAnaheim13$67,056$13,782
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa125$86,563$13,798
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria84$83,431$13,805
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz40$135,169$13,808
Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys30$48,027$13,822
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley25$56,391$13,823
Victor Valley Global Medical CenterVictorville21$35,967$13,836
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks62$150,109$13,873
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina101$52,922$13,896
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge73$120,445$13,900
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona40$113,308$13,901
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara42$73,639$13,917
Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles64$63,013$13,955
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage75$67,211$13,968
Adventist Health HanfordHanford64$57,963$13,989
Monterey Park HospitalMonterey Park12$141,948$14,006
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta57$103,614$14,029
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles30$64,613$14,034
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale21$85,099$14,057
St Elizabeth Community HospitalRed Bluff16$60,942$14,087
Greater El Monte Community HospitalSouth El Monte16$74,353$14,099
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles334$39,908$14,122
Mercy General HospitalSacramento32$91,094$14,147
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood632$59,753$14,147
West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim64$39,710$14,162
Chino Valley Medical CenterChino40$46,169$14,214
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood88$52,510$14,228
Montclair Hospital Medical CenterMontclair60$36,493$14,241
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach47$101,292$14,250
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster32$61,612$14,294
Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch51$69,482$14,340
Adventist Health SonoraSonora20$82,971$14,356
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank50$81,301$14,356
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley55$173,933$14,397
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange47$50,826$14,411
Sequoia HospitalRedwood City14$138,498$14,443
St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino33$89,259$14,468
College Medical CenterLong Beach21$41,823$14,487
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale93$105,533$14,517
Saint Francis Medical CenterLynwood57$53,521$14,559
Mission Community HospitalPanorama City78$55,203$14,630
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta19$57,961$14,650
Adventist Health St HelenaSaint Helena25$87,785$14,727
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland73$64,709$14,729
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura33$34,518$14,739
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord66$141,650$14,753
Paradise Valley HospitalNational City40$41,786$14,778
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame44$60,268$14,796
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa26$87,879$14,868
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose50$165,015$14,878
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno82$68,927$14,916
Methodist Hospital of SacramentoSacramento33$84,065$14,942
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance38$71,841$14,979
Mercy Medical CenterMerced48$107,560$15,008
Washington HospitalFremont51$95,279$15,015
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley32$56,506$15,045
Doctors Medical CenterModesto52$269,236$15,066
Corona Regional Medical CenterCorona29$125,268$15,108
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa44$107,133$15,145
St Mary Medical CenterLong Beach29$82,386$15,182
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville81$103,404$15,185
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton29$124,455$15,190
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae33$151,394$15,200
Hemet Global Medical CenterHemet45$53,525$15,202
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego46$78,554$15,210
Alameda HospitalAlameda34$75,080$15,323
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia107$57,123$15,368
Sierra View Medical CenterPorterville29$46,438$15,428
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs21$238,580$15,548
Memorial Medical CenterModesto95$75,929$15,572
California Pacific Medical Center - Mission BernalSan Francisco22$65,856$15,634
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare DistrictBrawley22$50,114$15,698
Ventura County Medical CenterVentura16$118,502$15,732
Adventist Health DelanoDelano11$23,215$15,836
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento65$67,319$15,918
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno98$58,492$15,955
Sutter Solano Medical CenterVallejo29$79,280$16,020
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley34$62,570$16,129
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas63$114,972$16,219
Natividad Medical CenterSalinas14$90,937$16,403
Adventist Health Ukiah ValleyUkiah15$71,812$16,448
Community Hospital of San BernardinoSan Bernardino17$75,548$16,498
Adventist Health White MemorialLos Angeles37$123,440$16,595
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield39$160,962$16,710
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego72$103,793$16,752
El Camino HealthMountain View72$140,811$16,803
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek80$150,548$16,822
California Hospital Medical Center LaLos Angeles32$58,486$16,909
Regional Medical Center of San JoseSan Jose28$261,011$16,911
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside64$149,529$17,015
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalLos Angeles26$146,635$17,263
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton54$133,358$17,296
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa32$94,024$17,308
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka30$84,951$17,635
Ucsf Health Saint Francis HospitalSan Francisco13$95,996$17,937
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley45$85,660$18,294
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula23$141,348$18,723
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey64$113,924$18,870
Ucsf Health St. Mary's HospitalSan Francisco29$122,725$19,308
Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton18$61,985$19,998
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco32$61,575$20,257
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica53$90,362$20,385
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose84$103,855$21,641
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles118$262,272$21,883
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda70$100,307$22,068
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento57$126,378$22,529
Uci Health-OrangeOrange86$96,210$22,569
Highland HospitalOakland48$93,042$23,247
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego49$98,573$24,205
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles31$87,438$26,527
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco66$152,477$27,423
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles15$99,363$28,102
Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles64$78,693$29,179
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - AntiochAntioch12$111,329$30,090
Stanford Health CareStanford118$274,698$30,172
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance59$82,280$31,145
Memorial Hospital Los BanosLos Banos11$57,950$32,785
Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterSylmar24$81,789$34,436
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland13$126,679$34,927
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco57$177,555$35,613

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.