US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with complications in California

MS-DRG 281: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with cc

$78,245typical hospital bill
$10,075typical amount paid
$7,795–$22,899range paid across 108 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $78,245 for this stay in 2024, about 7.8 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 CampusEscondido19$99,998$7,795
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley13$73,272$8,511
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills11$71,348$8,650
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier16$85,383$8,697
Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding22$40,054$8,759
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale12$80,844$8,765
French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo12$71,667$8,841
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills11$169,443$8,870
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia21$100,799$8,904
Enloe HealthChico32$136,820$8,926
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica29$48,899$8,935
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla28$76,638$8,952
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach19$40,872$8,958
Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside20$40,267$9,033
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton14$46,781$9,048
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield34$54,550$9,048
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland19$84,679$9,077
Memorial Medical CenterModesto17$70,143$9,083
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance28$81,828$9,084
Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi13$85,892$9,168
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard29$61,756$9,299
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana25$60,384$9,356
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas26$67,239$9,403
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley15$44,474$9,456
Palmdale Regional Medical CenterPalmdale11$122,054$9,472
Adventist Health HanfordHanford12$42,186$9,530
Huntington HospitalPasadena20$85,334$9,534
Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock26$159,344$9,543
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley25$87,942$9,561
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank17$70,209$9,584
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley11$132,334$9,619
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood14$80,338$9,644
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance15$61,393$9,646
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding20$84,930$9,657
Doctors Medical CenterModesto19$185,254$9,774
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria13$60,314$9,782
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa23$73,554$9,796
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara18$54,851$9,808
San Ramon Regional Medical CenterSan Ramon14$208,782$9,809
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville53$68,517$9,853
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield20$58,551$9,906
Pih Health Downey HospitalDowney14$56,717$9,926
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz13$122,896$9,934
Mercy General HospitalSacramento35$84,752$9,944
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista15$85,131$9,947
Adventist Health St HelenaSaint Helena19$85,521$9,949
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo23$64,809$9,955
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta21$51,860$9,982
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale45$81,450$10,030
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek15$103,811$10,035
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka32$65,886$10,036
John F Kennedy Memorial HospitalIndio13$144,577$10,039
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale20$58,037$10,055
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis13$57,556$10,057
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael14$79,226$10,093
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood27$42,857$10,110
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange11$39,545$10,139
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona21$96,200$10,146
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley11$45,739$10,155
Adventist Health SonoraSonora30$92,707$10,175
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills25$65,095$10,178
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge25$116,693$10,223
Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys13$35,510$10,279
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage44$69,280$10,296
Sierra View Medical CenterPorterville11$30,962$10,373
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno31$48,145$10,400
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae52$110,741$10,422
El Camino HealthMountain View33$124,019$10,511
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia33$40,058$10,578
Washington HospitalFremont14$95,701$10,610
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina20$48,618$10,610
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno20$65,390$10,636
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland43$58,887$10,815
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa23$89,566$10,846
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach19$95,268$10,886
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas15$96,656$10,891
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord24$114,227$10,899
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego26$76,722$10,903
St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino18$88,106$10,939
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield22$140,450$11,054
Adventist Health White MemorialLos Angeles17$116,802$11,322
St Mary Medical CenterLong Beach14$73,064$11,446
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento38$55,217$11,509
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego22$64,604$11,533
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame27$67,443$11,568
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa12$91,088$11,783
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks25$144,710$11,863
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa30$75,686$12,038
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville39$88,022$12,043
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles62$147,242$12,105
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton23$118,513$12,518
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey19$89,187$13,391
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula17$98,355$13,658
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose27$180,142$14,015
Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton12$81,480$14,067
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside47$123,778$14,617
Uci Health-OrangeOrange14$68,745$14,959
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento19$83,731$15,038
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco21$63,170$15,562
Stanford Health CareStanford37$165,316$15,879
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose11$97,293$15,900
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego21$64,233$16,384
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco35$102,495$17,071
Highland HospitalOakland12$90,788$17,957
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los AngelesLos Angeles22$44,885$19,244
Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles18$51,704$21,059
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco14$77,265$21,265
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance13$45,466$22,899

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.