US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat in California

MS-DRG 310: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders without cc/mcc

$47,543typical hospital bill
$6,620typical amount paid
$4,457–$12,732range paid across 70 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $47,543 for this stay in 2024, about 7.2 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 CampusEscondido11$62,764$4,457
Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding13$27,154$5,409
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla24$40,585$5,483
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas16$44,359$5,523
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach19$36,056$5,594
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley19$42,587$5,604
Enloe HealthChico28$64,546$5,701
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance19$51,056$5,706
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield16$43,789$5,723
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks31$76,677$5,769
Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside15$35,526$5,804
Mercy Hospital of FolsomFolsom13$47,393$5,852
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard11$48,455$5,907
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland27$49,200$5,912
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank14$47,524$5,913
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana26$41,593$5,920
Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi11$70,681$5,941
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield15$38,374$5,960
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica15$30,779$5,962
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding19$56,608$6,048
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara12$33,091$6,061
Huntington HospitalPasadena18$64,878$6,088
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills19$81,345$6,122
Sequoia HospitalRedwood City13$78,435$6,153
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz17$68,218$6,159
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale13$46,338$6,275
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael17$48,882$6,404
Memorial Medical CenterModesto32$37,372$6,422
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa29$43,335$6,458
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno23$32,316$6,463
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta15$28,978$6,511
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville50$37,349$6,531
El Camino HealthMountain View26$73,822$6,550
Washington HospitalFremont18$53,063$6,600
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae20$76,593$6,617
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia27$24,649$6,622
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina18$30,219$6,625
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood14$28,518$6,670
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale27$48,401$6,709
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno16$33,505$6,731
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas18$65,621$6,735
Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch13$44,813$6,795
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa11$52,805$6,839
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville19$47,449$6,846
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo28$31,648$6,900
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage28$44,640$6,922
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame26$31,239$7,001
Doctors Medical CenterModesto14$119,316$7,027
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley11$31,715$7,050
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose32$98,630$7,123
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland21$40,345$7,199
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier11$48,551$7,306
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance11$37,385$7,365
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento27$45,133$7,516
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek15$78,972$7,666
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord18$55,070$7,695
Mercy General HospitalSacramento20$53,930$7,710
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista16$53,814$7,750
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa14$34,330$7,762
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles34$91,087$7,773
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley11$57,054$7,802
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego25$61,598$8,027
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula12$57,797$8,057
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey14$61,242$8,776
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco14$36,701$9,736
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose15$51,026$10,942
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco28$47,562$11,410
Uci Health-OrangeOrange15$46,141$11,714
Stanford Health CareStanford65$117,256$12,421
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles14$53,604$12,732

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.