US Health Care Costs

Delirium and other mental confusion in California

MS-DRG 884: Organic disturbances and intellectual disability

$101,583typical hospital bill
$18,318typical amount paid
$14,199–$55,352range paid across 46 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $101,583 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas28$71,822$14,199
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance12$67,909$14,848
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach18$42,887$14,877
Memorial Medical CenterModesto11$92,165$15,099
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla25$57,385$15,315
Enloe HealthChico20$70,048$15,411
Oroville HospitalOroville16$34,257$15,471
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville29$72,649$15,894
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley11$114,863$16,356
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis16$54,693$16,466
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale12$107,821$16,830
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria15$53,024$16,912
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills15$111,539$16,982
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista11$81,917$17,091
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego15$57,781$17,252
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta24$118,283$17,303
L a Downtown Medical CenterLos Angeles38$39,446$17,316
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek18$119,310$17,609
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa29$95,344$17,614
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego31$109,647$17,726
Mission Community HospitalPanorama City14$86,231$18,038
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara23$57,521$18,092
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks42$147,655$18,309
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno29$62,713$18,328
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose38$178,754$18,435
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael14$127,311$18,897
California Pacific Medical Center - Mission BernalSan Francisco11$39,663$18,903
Regional Medical Center of San JoseSan Jose15$160,375$19,284
El Camino HealthMountain View11$112,857$19,381
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside28$90,342$19,443
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica11$63,405$20,107
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia14$61,700$21,186
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley26$109,744$22,075
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido11$83,408$22,267
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose27$94,184$22,713
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles29$230,225$23,254
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey17$155,300$26,266
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula15$210,689$28,015
Stanford Health CareStanford35$206,431$28,193
Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles12$188,972$29,950
Highland HospitalOakland12$159,062$30,787
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento11$136,715$32,121
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance13$166,831$34,334
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco18$163,774$35,745
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego15$168,624$44,435
Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterSylmar15$188,853$55,352

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.