US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization, with major complications in California

MS-DRG 286: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization with mcc

$160,242typical hospital bill
$24,522typical amount paid
$17,836–$131,553range paid across 84 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $160,242 for this stay in 2024, about 6.5 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 HospitalArcadia12$100,423$17,836
Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside11$111,216$18,975
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo12$93,291$19,220
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas15$157,697$19,582
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks12$289,040$20,620
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley11$159,320$20,826
Desert Valley HospitalVictorville15$67,425$20,981
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills15$253,317$21,069
French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo19$128,509$21,076
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach23$99,493$21,210
Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock21$267,072$21,236
Enloe HealthChico62$213,484$21,236
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis12$122,001$21,312
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland16$162,939$21,425
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista22$154,436$21,957
Memorial Medical CenterModesto23$124,447$22,013
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank11$156,236$22,032
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield21$122,878$22,064
Huntington HospitalPasadena17$161,164$22,098
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley18$88,020$22,278
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance17$166,137$22,339
Garfield Medical CenterMonterey Park13$165,234$22,465
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka11$96,620$22,522
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance14$208,902$22,742
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara28$106,237$22,776
Adventist Health St HelenaSaint Helena12$144,667$22,954
Doctors Medical CenterModesto13$351,462$22,969
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael25$139,276$22,975
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge23$174,856$23,089
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood11$92,768$23,359
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale12$134,767$23,409
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange11$68,150$23,410
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier16$140,019$23,509
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno27$93,605$23,630
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley11$129,314$23,877
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale35$172,292$23,958
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia29$60,766$24,086
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey20$135,928$24,117
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville36$146,947$24,247
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae24$226,253$24,447
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville37$174,949$24,462
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz27$220,026$24,473
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach22$208,173$24,570
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta21$136,549$24,633
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno21$152,862$24,898
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura14$67,406$24,973
Mercy General HospitalSacramento28$193,712$25,003
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding23$205,562$25,254
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord16$212,049$25,527
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa14$118,069$25,566
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana12$140,106$25,629
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose18$392,114$25,755
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa30$122,144$25,936
Washington HospitalFremont13$246,681$25,979
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla64$210,847$26,140
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield16$280,211$26,145
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage40$146,141$26,476
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento51$123,948$27,052
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia13$234,122$27,229
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego22$231,405$27,278
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula34$131,663$27,348
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa19$132,268$27,425
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside13$249,968$27,513
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard23$168,478$27,722
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica13$114,742$27,903
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland16$189,417$28,355
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton24$206,364$28,956
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas19$196,590$29,687
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton12$101,675$29,926
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame11$131,736$32,669
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda24$165,481$33,990
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles93$451,856$38,112
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento61$226,936$38,245
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego62$153,353$39,875
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco30$178,135$40,040
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton19$320,906$40,903
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco18$200,776$44,210
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco38$292,838$46,143
Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles14$117,916$48,079
Uci Health-OrangeOrange16$259,690$50,984
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance14$262,675$52,033
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles32$268,594$61,458
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles40$423,792$108,866
Stanford Health CareStanford48$1,113,900$131,553

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.