US Health Care Costs

Extensive O.r. Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Cc in California

MS-DRG 982: Extensive o.r. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with cc

$165,976typical hospital bill
$27,806typical amount paid
$20,670–$39,623range paid across 14 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $165,976 for this stay in 2024, about 6.0 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
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier11$118,741$20,670
Enloe HealthChico16$186,061$22,881
Memorial Medical CenterModesto13$152,238$23,763
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek11$182,370$24,470
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara21$169,256$26,182
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego11$192,653$26,275
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage15$126,581$26,784
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno16$151,043$28,828
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia14$97,977$30,592
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles20$400,212$31,779
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles18$146,678$36,410
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento17$223,581$38,068
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco16$162,697$39,235
Stanford Health CareStanford33$351,871$39,623

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.