US Health Care Costs

Mini-stroke (TIA) in California

MS-DRG 069: Transient ischemia without thrombolytic

$73,655typical hospital bill
$8,892typical amount paid
$7,587–$14,548range paid across 84 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $73,655 for this stay in 2024, about 8.3 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$72,616$7,587
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos26$114,381$7,587
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley18$97,190$7,643
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia27$60,131$7,682
Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding19$38,416$7,720
Uci Health-LakewoodLakewood15$115,708$7,837
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach34$44,388$7,897
San Dimas Community HospitalSan Dimas11$50,060$7,910
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley12$72,394$7,918
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale13$65,343$7,988
Redlands Community HospitalRedlands11$90,115$8,013
Oroville HospitalOroville34$34,192$8,020
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills12$138,015$8,060
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield28$61,201$8,078
Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside14$48,818$8,114
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton11$52,712$8,128
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance15$81,681$8,142
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana12$59,435$8,156
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis28$54,821$8,231
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia14$94,575$8,248
Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley11$81,020$8,259
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard14$59,352$8,339
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield21$69,587$8,354
Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks18$23,412$8,359
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank20$72,210$8,380
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks44$117,214$8,389
Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi11$126,778$8,407
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla19$57,713$8,491
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding20$75,086$8,498
Memorial Medical CenterModesto31$57,652$8,520
Huntington HospitalPasadena14$106,253$8,529
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley25$152,854$8,529
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville15$72,986$8,529
Garfield Medical CenterMonterey Park13$87,670$8,609
Adventist Health HanfordHanford21$48,751$8,621
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville18$66,051$8,634
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz15$102,183$8,726
Mercy General HospitalSacramento18$70,002$8,759
Doctors Medical CenterModesto31$211,662$8,775
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista29$80,859$8,786
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria11$65,924$8,813
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona12$91,089$8,877
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek20$119,408$8,906
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael20$70,149$8,925
Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles19$59,280$8,938
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale14$82,524$8,969
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa42$61,205$9,004
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge13$125,059$9,024
Adventist Health TulareTulare13$49,433$9,027
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey35$79,622$9,093
El Camino HealthMountain View18$146,299$9,198
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia39$37,045$9,211
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno53$48,151$9,218
Mercy Medical CenterMerced14$94,140$9,223
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae24$111,914$9,278
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina15$48,667$9,286
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta17$84,173$9,291
Washington HospitalFremont12$74,710$9,319
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno15$49,906$9,376
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland19$60,407$9,394
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose51$188,727$9,414
Sierra View Medical CenterPorterville19$25,866$9,457
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach17$112,774$9,460
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley16$73,404$9,470
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas32$87,430$9,531
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord16$105,214$9,545
Enloe HealthChico11$83,975$9,654
Corona Regional Medical CenterCorona11$100,284$9,674
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield17$131,429$9,910
Alameda HospitalAlameda12$75,210$9,921
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame15$55,434$10,036
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego15$75,314$10,260
Orange County Global Medical CenterSanta Ana12$52,508$10,340
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside36$156,453$10,430
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa14$58,494$10,534
Regional Medical Center of San JoseSan Jose18$199,463$10,760
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles41$152,784$10,867
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento15$65,604$11,065
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton19$152,439$11,162
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula18$87,351$11,224
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley21$73,907$12,320
Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton18$56,815$13,185
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose27$70,898$14,259
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego13$57,278$14,548

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.