US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in California

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$135,277typical hospital bill
$22,310typical amount paid
$16,292–$43,218range paid across 117 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $135,277 for this stay in 2024, about 6.1 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 CampusEscondido36$138,521$16,292
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia40$112,315$17,797
Hoag Orthopedic InstituteIrvine31$100,602$18,581
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos12$268,796$19,240
Goleta Valley Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara16$102,966$19,264
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills15$121,087$19,443
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield21$157,679$19,517
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach61$94,405$19,528
Mercy General HospitalSacramento17$156,549$19,550
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia18$141,438$19,702
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica37$108,839$19,706
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley22$112,465$19,925
Adventist Health Twin CitiesTempleton21$221,127$20,007
Corona Regional Medical CenterCorona11$169,479$20,064
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance36$120,900$20,081
Enloe HealthChico50$156,544$20,091
Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding14$128,411$20,169
Memorial Medical CenterModesto34$126,594$20,193
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland19$126,195$20,319
Redlands Community HospitalRedlands12$125,601$20,349
Adventist Health Sierra VistaSan Luis Obispo18$208,023$20,580
Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi20$204,173$20,662
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier15$113,564$20,663
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas30$182,586$20,744
Mercy HospitalBakersfield13$117,119$20,800
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank36$111,412$20,859
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard20$128,662$20,871
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance14$116,133$20,915
Mercy Hospital of FolsomFolsom12$174,129$20,921
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton31$81,723$20,948
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana14$135,617$20,952
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks45$318,692$20,956
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield17$109,048$20,957
Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley12$152,251$21,091
Marshall Medical CenterPlacerville18$174,985$21,141
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster15$87,828$21,160
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale11$113,908$21,173
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley15$126,805$21,378
Huntington HospitalPasadena34$134,050$21,479
San Ramon Regional Medical CenterSan Ramon12$249,246$21,553
Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn12$104,325$21,595
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa33$187,764$21,645
Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock16$352,077$21,715
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria48$123,297$21,776
Adventist Health HanfordHanford21$101,758$21,783
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding58$94,760$21,868
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville47$121,541$21,895
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista11$140,009$21,897
San Gabriel Valley Medical CenterSan Gabriel20$118,733$21,942
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills11$119,462$22,011
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara34$112,420$22,027
Doctors Medical CenterModesto29$278,444$22,043
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage73$107,187$22,064
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale28$154,062$22,076
Sutter Davis HospitalDavis11$127,431$22,094
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek48$212,764$22,194
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina12$104,699$22,196
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz22$179,045$22,287
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge30$183,388$22,310
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego25$130,136$22,366
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange29$90,457$22,412
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla36$163,890$22,533
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach22$159,542$22,565
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis47$93,454$22,571
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills21$333,757$22,580
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona14$156,408$22,642
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville30$142,556$22,725
Mercy Medical CenterMerced17$163,276$22,742
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley16$159,708$22,778
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka17$133,106$22,784
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael24$149,884$22,896
Adventist Health SonoraSonora19$152,217$22,913
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey31$132,501$23,075
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside17$261,636$23,134
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta14$141,725$23,146
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose26$387,437$23,156
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo51$118,191$23,230
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs50$341,627$23,245
Novato Community HospitalNovato15$108,727$23,262
El Camino HealthMountain View38$208,013$23,301
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia51$69,406$23,324
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame26$109,063$23,549
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland16$124,767$23,583
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta11$139,586$23,693
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno44$97,046$23,715
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley15$129,900$23,791
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa22$164,279$23,907
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura24$81,993$23,930
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno24$131,605$23,949
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae29$235,960$24,146
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas20$175,709$24,303
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley11$117,539$24,707
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica33$127,357$24,875
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton14$187,618$25,004
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento19$109,326$25,046
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord20$223,587$25,211
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield15$344,895$25,504
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa22$132,074$25,811
California Pacific Medical Center - Mission BernalSan Francisco28$121,005$25,887
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles61$365,868$26,066
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa28$233,218$26,136
Natividad Medical CenterSalinas18$135,277$26,369
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego22$191,427$27,194
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula11$150,756$27,303
Washington HospitalFremont16$194,782$27,344
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton14$173,060$27,720
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose26$133,438$31,519
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento24$250,000$32,992
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda19$211,684$34,042
Stanford Health CareStanford45$336,773$34,232
Highland HospitalOakland13$131,912$34,909
Uci Health-OrangeOrange20$137,938$35,820
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego28$145,607$36,702
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco24$206,613$37,059
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland15$113,070$38,291
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance18$64,966$39,275
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego13$64,285$43,218

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.