US Health Care Costs

Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis with Mcc in California

MS-DRG 650: Kidney transplant with hemodialysis with mcc

$401,100typical hospital bill
$65,769typical amount paid
$49,305–$84,248range paid across 10 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $401,100 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
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange38$258,582$49,305
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles11$331,820$61,436
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego14$328,630$62,775
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco28$310,698$63,519
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles43$1,162,614$64,073
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento29$480,315$67,465
Stanford Health CareStanford14$937,968$73,422
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco27$677,271$73,845
Uci Health-OrangeOrange17$459,199$78,248
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles28$343,000$84,248

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.