US Health Care Costs

Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Mcc in California

MS-DRG 388: Gastrointestinal obstruction with mcc

$97,502typical hospital bill
$15,323typical amount paid
$12,300–$48,895range paid across 58 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $97,502 for this stay in 2024, about 6.4 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 CampusEscondido13$122,754$12,300
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas12$66,287$13,299
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach26$78,076$13,426
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica13$56,049$13,562
French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo11$75,964$13,635
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla15$81,541$13,636
Enloe HealthChico18$99,696$13,663
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo15$67,686$13,664
Oroville HospitalOroville26$39,033$13,735
Huntington HospitalPasadena18$104,264$13,762
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance36$123,484$13,764
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis13$99,799$13,906
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier11$133,431$14,058
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale13$80,246$14,274
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland11$121,440$14,363
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana30$89,540$14,369
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton16$61,686$14,406
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina14$70,423$14,483
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield13$108,190$14,485
Mission Community HospitalPanorama City11$67,977$14,637
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley16$76,684$14,682
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles23$56,201$14,915
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood11$57,352$14,933
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance14$88,638$14,964
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa20$93,988$14,969
Memorial Medical CenterModesto16$108,018$14,999
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood46$88,703$15,222
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding14$101,729$15,226
Adventist Health HanfordHanford12$60,767$15,250
Mercy Medical CenterMerced16$114,306$15,395
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria19$74,312$15,424
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge13$112,984$15,849
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose13$182,105$15,853
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage26$66,008$16,082
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame13$62,207$16,135
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey17$95,308$16,180
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas11$125,272$16,360
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia12$49,711$16,392
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae12$106,734$16,420
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno15$63,357$16,588
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield17$151,171$16,672
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego17$84,594$16,805
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura14$48,886$17,411
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta12$146,637$17,424
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento16$71,585$17,798
Doctors Medical CenterModesto11$442,986$18,693
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside11$124,922$18,913
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa18$67,462$19,203
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica16$132,999$19,645
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills11$152,554$19,934
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek19$211,188$20,068
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles36$269,111$21,881
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento16$125,450$21,992
Uci Health-OrangeOrange22$109,982$25,307
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose12$166,094$30,352
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego23$110,862$31,325
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco19$213,274$34,688
Stanford Health CareStanford48$347,636$48,895

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.