Other Cardiothoracic Procedures Without Mcc in California

MS-DRG 229: Other cardiothoracic procedures without mcc

$204,346typical hospital bill

$35,986typical amount paid

$25,389–$54,495range paid across 26 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $204,346 for this stay in 2024, about 5.7 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
Usc Arcadia Hospital	Arcadia	11	$163,990	$25,389
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla	La Jolla	29	$243,262	$30,498
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian	Newport Beach	22	$135,936	$30,749
Huntington Hospital	Pasadena	26	$186,855	$32,287
St Johns Regional Medical Center	Oxnard	23	$166,499	$32,491
Antelope Valley Hospital	Lancaster	12	$207,723	$32,498
Memorial Medical Center	Modesto	12	$189,371	$33,622
Adventist Health St Helena	Saint Helena	39	$284,105	$33,755
Providence St. Jude Medical Center	Fullerton	13	$151,424	$34,261
Mercy General Hospital	Sacramento	39	$240,200	$34,370
Eisenhower Medical Center	Rancho Mirage	96	$133,147	$35,002
Washington Hospital	Fremont	15	$238,626	$35,554
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura	Ventura	13	$136,513	$35,636
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital	Santa Rosa	12	$210,019	$36,336
Marinhealth Medical Center	Greenbrae	12	$286,189	$37,090
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento	Sacramento	16	$218,737	$37,903
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula	Monterey	27	$222,841	$38,907
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center	Oakland	22	$217,495	$39,434
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles	37	$414,006	$40,199
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton	Stockton	15	$154,573	$41,326
University of California Davis Medical Center	Sacramento	13	$190,540	$43,629
John Muir Medical Center - Concord Campus	Concord	16	$357,964	$43,725
Loma Linda University Medical Center	Loma Linda	30	$200,086	$45,830
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr	San Diego	19	$157,727	$46,357
Peninsula Medical Center	Burlingame	22	$200,969	$50,126
Stanford Health Care	Stanford	34	$444,656	$54,495

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.