US Health Care Costs

Fainting in California

MS-DRG 312: Syncope and collapse

$66,368typical hospital bill
$9,719typical amount paid
$7,734–$24,373range paid across 129 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $66,368 for this stay in 2024, about 6.8 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 Health Downtown CampusEscondido32$89,093$7,734
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia52$56,072$7,746
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos33$131,603$8,204
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley22$76,381$8,260
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills16$74,748$8,324
Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding15$38,917$8,364
French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo12$62,428$8,374
Enloe HealthChico40$88,101$8,446
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia15$119,496$8,453
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach52$39,233$8,486
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica32$47,108$8,493
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas26$51,065$8,533
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance62$74,426$8,557
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley28$74,363$8,563
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale32$64,739$8,650
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills42$112,843$8,655
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey13$65,800$8,662
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis42$54,594$8,696
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield24$63,643$8,741
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo16$66,443$8,750
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton16$41,054$8,758
Mercy Hospital of FolsomFolsom22$71,055$8,852
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana30$52,113$8,862
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier34$51,200$8,883
Redlands Community HospitalRedlands12$65,948$8,919
Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley15$67,160$8,925
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding42$78,197$8,961
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard39$60,308$8,969
Oroville HospitalOroville44$29,671$8,974
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank22$61,497$9,026
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield20$56,697$9,030
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland25$75,015$9,099
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks87$109,281$9,128
Garden Grove Hospital & Medical CenterGarden Grove12$45,505$9,159
Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock14$144,683$9,162
Huntington HospitalPasadena64$77,511$9,174
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley44$112,129$9,222
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance39$61,335$9,249
Garfield Medical CenterMonterey Park14$72,828$9,282
Memorial Medical CenterModesto60$72,073$9,318
Memorial Hospital of GardenaGardena14$43,057$9,338
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare DistrictBrawley12$22,258$9,340
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood23$60,049$9,349
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville22$93,857$9,366
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz22$91,917$9,413
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster19$47,641$9,414
Pih Health Downey HospitalDowney15$45,958$9,430
Doctors Medical CenterModesto27$194,117$9,433
Corona Regional Medical CenterCorona21$80,601$9,436
Mercy General HospitalSacramento27$68,137$9,482
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria27$61,762$9,519
West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim36$31,393$9,532
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa88$59,709$9,533
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla30$45,350$9,555
Adventist Health SonoraSonora11$104,876$9,569
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale12$54,735$9,577
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael37$73,726$9,580
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona28$77,263$9,585
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood16$46,406$9,616
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek35$113,543$9,619
Orange County Global Medical CenterSanta Ana13$42,636$9,650
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge31$101,314$9,687
Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles28$54,128$9,697
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles16$54,466$9,709
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale28$78,492$9,719
Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys17$40,811$9,725
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina30$43,120$9,730
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville75$66,368$9,778
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey32$66,815$9,813
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley17$57,370$9,813
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage29$58,888$9,852
El Camino HealthMountain View41$103,886$9,911
St Mary Medical CenterLong Beach11$65,349$9,938
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae40$102,947$10,027
Washington HospitalFremont25$65,702$10,034
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia53$33,946$10,050
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta39$88,091$10,060
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno74$37,198$10,082
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura25$25,717$10,189
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland42$49,118$10,258
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord28$101,407$10,327
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista53$77,616$10,351
College Medical CenterLong Beach14$29,828$10,357
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa26$92,470$10,370
St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino20$84,780$10,400
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego37$56,808$10,406
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame24$51,120$10,414
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara20$52,718$10,521
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno64$52,381$10,562
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas51$84,157$10,563
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach38$110,525$10,593
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica23$57,886$10,657
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange13$42,264$10,668
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield33$108,279$10,706
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego44$85,672$10,745
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento45$52,101$10,750
Hemet Global Medical CenterHemet12$34,098$10,806
Sutter Solano Medical CenterVallejo18$45,942$10,861
Regional Medical Center of San JoseSan Jose27$171,719$10,981
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs40$154,090$11,012
Adventist Health White MemorialLos Angeles14$89,145$11,319
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside54$123,724$11,555
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley16$45,459$11,694
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa21$61,514$11,701
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose57$138,612$11,787
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles98$134,412$11,953
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley22$63,910$11,974
Natividad Medical CenterSalinas18$70,155$12,034
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton15$112,663$12,083
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula19$90,678$12,087
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley38$99,878$12,537
Ucsf Health St. Mary's HospitalSan Francisco18$87,489$13,713
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego18$53,397$14,802
Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton16$63,813$14,889
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento64$117,998$15,214
Uci Health-OrangeOrange41$83,476$15,461
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco18$63,948$15,503
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose62$72,816$15,516
Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch16$72,654$15,524
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco20$84,432$16,061
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda30$92,419$16,117
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles24$56,743$16,901
Stanford Health CareStanford62$163,236$16,913
Highland HospitalOakland27$74,168$17,187
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco36$76,916$19,117
Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles54$36,687$21,593
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland19$38,208$21,983
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance23$43,962$23,109
Ventura County Medical CenterVentura21$172,228$24,373

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.