US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with complications in California

MS-DRG 638: Diabetes with cc

$61,951typical hospital bill
$10,059typical amount paid
$8,505–$22,144range paid across 114 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $61,951 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
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia21$63,658$8,505
Uci Health-LakewoodLakewood14$110,763$8,544
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis28$46,186$8,586
Oroville HospitalOroville14$25,334$8,602
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley12$59,870$8,614
Enloe HealthChico38$69,093$8,748
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia14$91,131$8,802
Memorial Medical CenterModesto31$46,087$8,858
Adventist Health Twin CitiesTempleton11$117,594$8,863
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach28$40,434$8,872
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas14$35,288$8,901
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido18$80,370$8,934
Huntington HospitalPasadena22$69,345$9,013
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance30$82,627$9,019
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier12$61,494$9,036
Mercy General HospitalSacramento12$78,179$9,060
Redlands Community HospitalRedlands12$76,329$9,062
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield11$72,793$9,107
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo11$67,236$9,193
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield18$57,823$9,242
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria30$53,570$9,285
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard18$46,909$9,326
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa48$58,502$9,370
Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley12$59,520$9,380
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland17$78,150$9,431
Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks11$21,942$9,458
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley19$102,816$9,479
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks24$109,532$9,483
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood14$63,056$9,531
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood20$41,407$9,536
Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn11$42,291$9,561
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills27$58,162$9,595
West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim24$34,373$9,599
Mercy HospitalBakersfield16$47,273$9,673
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville16$63,361$9,693
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley12$50,174$9,702
Adventist Health HanfordHanford11$58,244$9,711
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles24$39,659$9,725
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista31$71,255$9,728
Palmdale Regional Medical CenterPalmdale14$102,375$9,753
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara18$51,241$9,783
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster16$49,426$9,788
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale26$63,531$9,791
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage30$58,140$9,801
Memorial Hospital of GardenaGardena12$47,091$9,807
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta13$53,819$9,809
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz20$106,103$9,822
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina21$47,357$9,832
Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch12$38,796$9,839
Corona Regional Medical CenterCorona16$79,258$9,849
Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles15$51,160$9,854
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno43$52,249$9,873
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla13$48,271$9,906
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton14$44,315$9,915
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles14$49,640$9,972
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael23$62,408$9,999
Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi17$87,612$10,021
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka11$40,823$10,096
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach15$84,675$10,123
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose27$155,994$10,147
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge12$102,061$10,223
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey14$55,979$10,231
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding28$63,665$10,287
Washington HospitalFremont21$96,525$10,321
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego28$70,642$10,335
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange16$40,616$10,337
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno38$40,360$10,396
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas20$84,555$10,397
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley20$47,948$10,435
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura25$21,489$10,490
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance17$65,021$10,490
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia38$42,326$10,521
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa13$96,988$10,578
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley17$48,609$10,597
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego11$46,020$10,632
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs12$134,485$10,743
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego22$66,693$10,827
Methodist Hospital of SacramentoSacramento12$56,396$10,901
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa13$71,928$10,908
Sierra View Medical CenterPorterville13$24,064$10,942
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield18$119,401$10,973
St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino21$58,468$11,080
Regional Medical Center of San JoseSan Jose18$181,705$11,322
California Pacific Medical Center - Mission BernalSan Francisco11$46,867$11,676
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord28$96,301$11,839
El Camino HealthMountain View19$100,654$11,948
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento28$49,970$12,041
Adventist Health White MemorialLos Angeles17$120,783$12,112
Adventist Health SonoraSonora14$81,904$12,124
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville36$49,370$12,266
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton22$101,110$12,282
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank19$71,321$12,358
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana14$66,595$12,521
Ucsf Health St. Mary's HospitalSan Francisco13$65,196$12,643
Kern Medical CenterBakersfield14$21,285$12,967
Mercy Medical CenterMerced38$78,662$13,226
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside31$110,173$13,358
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles52$155,016$13,400
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalLos Angeles16$155,899$13,417
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco15$40,606$13,586
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley14$68,404$13,627
Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton27$55,285$14,640
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fontana/OntarioFontana21$53,021$14,786
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland12$51,020$15,318
Uci Health-OrangeOrange14$57,897$15,508
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose43$72,417$15,784
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco12$87,581$16,103
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento26$93,383$16,693
Highland HospitalOakland18$60,491$16,884
Stanford Health CareStanford36$142,024$17,834
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego21$78,224$19,474
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco20$95,379$19,924
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance25$30,957$22,041
Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles19$38,134$22,144

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.