US Health Care Costs

Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) in California

MS-DRG 563: Fracture, sprain, strain and dislocation except femur, hip, pelvis and thigh without mcc

$64,757typical hospital bill
$9,868typical amount paid
$6,350–$25,901range paid across 72 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,757 for this stay in 2024, about 6.6 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 HospitalArcadia13$51,359$6,350
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido21$112,914$8,234
Enloe HealthChico35$73,571$8,460
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos14$99,896$8,479
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas22$41,963$8,592
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla25$52,487$8,616
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance32$62,131$8,685
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica18$41,217$8,722
Oroville HospitalOroville26$26,881$8,741
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach32$38,020$8,785
Memorial Medical CenterModesto16$65,528$8,835
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis25$35,559$8,852
Adventist Health Sierra VistaSan Luis Obispo13$104,774$8,925
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills17$101,087$8,945
Huntington HospitalPasadena26$84,581$9,004
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo27$46,500$9,004
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana14$44,082$9,024
Foothill Regional Medical CenterTustin12$43,052$9,078
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks32$103,014$9,101
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville31$59,413$9,130
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance15$54,684$9,249
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard14$53,955$9,277
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding15$65,861$9,283
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa36$49,275$9,459
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz15$99,826$9,532
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley11$115,333$9,538
Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys11$28,888$9,545
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara24$51,017$9,583
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista16$56,842$9,588
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles25$35,604$9,591
San Ramon Regional Medical CenterSan Ramon11$153,404$9,611
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood12$24,004$9,651
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood16$38,309$9,672
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica14$44,169$9,673
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria25$54,918$9,757
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage17$45,600$9,797
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale21$62,763$9,939
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge17$117,906$10,054
El Camino HealthMountain View32$92,145$10,065
Washington HospitalFremont11$63,986$10,130
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley15$59,055$10,132
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame19$38,187$10,146
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach12$67,004$10,152
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae28$91,651$10,154
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey16$59,076$10,169
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord13$80,812$10,198
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia12$41,155$10,359
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta15$89,839$10,439
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas16$69,377$10,451
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael16$67,565$10,481
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno14$69,473$10,566
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs22$137,044$10,572
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno12$42,366$10,599
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego19$60,004$10,621
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank28$55,206$10,627
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka15$66,341$10,653
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield12$115,672$10,985
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek24$99,075$11,135
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose21$127,431$11,468
Ventura County Medical CenterVentura16$111,662$11,712
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa12$47,219$11,997
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside25$88,864$12,012
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles46$128,505$13,011
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego36$60,638$13,226
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley11$89,779$13,446
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego14$60,743$14,769
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose25$67,677$14,861
Stanford Health CareStanford37$157,219$16,643
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco21$94,368$17,017
Highland HospitalOakland15$98,195$17,634
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento18$95,808$19,813
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco13$98,864$25,901

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.