Kidney Transplant in California

MS-DRG 652: Kidney transplant

$394,811typical hospital bill

$45,347typical amount paid

$32,982–$59,317range paid across 13 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $394,811 for this stay in 2024, about 8.7 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Providence St. Joseph Hospital	Orange	37	$184,382	$32,982
Scripps Green Hospital	La Jolla	16	$503,605	$39,326
Sharp Memorial Hospital	San Diego	26	$501,750	$40,558
Keck Hospital of Usc	Los Angeles	41	$294,112	$40,781
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr	San Diego	27	$301,581	$42,972
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus	San Francisco	47	$277,887	$43,373
Uci Health-Orange	Orange	34	$347,461	$45,347
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles	72	$1,037,203	$49,229
Loma Linda University Medical Center	Loma Linda	39	$540,437	$50,498
Stanford Health Care	Stanford	31	$817,517	$50,538
Ucsf Medical Center	San Francisco	53	$565,559	$57,213
University of California Davis Medical Center	Sacramento	80	$394,811	$57,740
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center	Los Angeles	61	$270,317	$59,317

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.