US Health Care Costs

Medical Back Problems with Mcc in California

MS-DRG 551: Medical back problems with mcc

$124,467typical hospital bill
$17,727typical amount paid
$14,034–$41,325range paid across 50 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $124,467 for this stay in 2024, about 7.0 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
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier12$83,046$14,034
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas15$61,309$14,575
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica11$69,509$15,312
Enloe HealthChico26$104,914$15,427
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance23$131,886$15,516
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo20$91,175$15,761
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona11$139,816$15,782
Huntington HospitalPasadena21$112,764$16,116
Oroville HospitalOroville17$43,978$16,120
Foothill Regional Medical CenterTustin11$84,266$16,392
Memorial Medical CenterModesto12$118,364$16,575
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara13$82,525$16,651
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance20$87,413$16,682
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta13$141,888$16,745
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles22$42,147$16,800
Doctors Medical CenterModesto12$354,893$16,861
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank13$74,028$16,886
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks26$179,944$16,901
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale18$97,349$16,997
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding17$131,673$17,009
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville28$106,396$17,136
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego14$75,709$17,244
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael11$132,284$17,627
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey16$99,534$17,674
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria13$91,494$17,712
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood33$61,612$17,741
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood14$62,331$17,810
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido12$216,521$17,977
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley11$131,821$18,097
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno15$117,549$18,404
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge13$178,939$18,408
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia11$54,055$18,747
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside19$160,737$18,844
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae18$199,834$18,967
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego17$139,378$20,033
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek22$176,574$20,589
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs13$326,610$21,708
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles52$247,954$22,177
Uci Health-OrangeOrange14$110,252$23,149
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa18$165,263$23,934
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz12$266,305$25,340
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley14$290,002$26,101
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose11$390,338$26,312
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento27$200,920$30,791
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco11$115,423$31,012
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego14$124,666$31,837
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco16$173,914$33,556
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose18$151,974$35,568
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla27$124,269$36,532
Stanford Health CareStanford20$316,547$41,325

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.