US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization in California

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$92,388typical hospital bill
$12,188typical amount paid
$10,258–$30,635range paid across 76 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $92,388 for this stay in 2024, about 7.6 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
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley12$106,866$10,258
Oroville HospitalOroville14$36,845$10,457
Enloe HealthChico42$153,910$10,505
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach18$59,471$10,540
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica15$49,393$10,556
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance16$100,694$10,647
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield16$84,362$10,839
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla59$93,103$10,883
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland22$122,151$10,910
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis11$60,454$10,952
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard17$78,678$11,033
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana16$56,545$11,138
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield13$71,681$11,178
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding18$101,549$11,279
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks22$197,662$11,332
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley29$141,792$11,467
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara14$68,685$11,505
Garfield Medical CenterMonterey Park11$82,425$11,512
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista15$87,516$11,566
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley18$52,311$11,574
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville15$133,318$11,639
Memorial Medical CenterModesto34$83,237$11,678
Doctors Medical CenterModesto13$201,844$11,699
Adventist Health St HelenaSaint Helena12$109,661$11,719
Mercy General HospitalSacramento30$109,719$11,754
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton12$51,985$11,847
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael19$97,346$11,861
Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles12$79,279$11,907
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina12$56,718$11,921
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas20$108,821$11,925
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge25$145,569$11,949
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale34$96,123$11,992
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta26$54,044$12,015
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz30$128,798$12,081
Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock30$155,247$12,124
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville37$80,121$12,134
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage24$83,004$12,148
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo12$77,623$12,160
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey18$107,893$12,217
El Camino HealthMountain View11$136,259$12,270
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa38$77,217$12,280
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood14$58,844$12,438
Washington HospitalFremont16$100,874$12,450
Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch14$85,708$12,477
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae24$145,221$12,551
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs13$153,922$12,569
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills11$75,884$12,716
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia22$43,522$12,727
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas15$123,476$12,793
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno21$58,477$12,921
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier19$82,338$13,150
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego18$104,606$13,164
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton19$124,779$13,306
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura14$40,211$13,892
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles75$168,624$14,033
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose19$211,347$14,072
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa13$100,601$14,169
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord21$110,323$14,464
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento26$80,834$14,526
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno19$78,680$14,642
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame16$91,672$14,764
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland20$75,694$14,834
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside19$166,775$15,107
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula42$91,302$15,191
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank12$74,723$15,206
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda25$75,927$16,976
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento37$104,105$17,868
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego42$83,109$19,316
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco13$94,931$20,399
Stanford Health CareStanford33$220,057$21,404
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles18$101,628$21,610
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los AngelesLos Angeles11$74,999$21,886
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles37$96,320$22,355
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco11$122,122$22,525
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco26$189,535$22,991
Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterSylmar15$50,393$30,635

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.