US Health Care Costs

Other Digestive System O.r. Procedures with Cc in California

MS-DRG 357: Other digestive system o.r. procedures with cc

$150,381typical hospital bill
$26,973typical amount paid
$24,356–$38,145range paid across 4 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $150,381 for this stay in 2024, about 5.6 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
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage12$131,223$24,356
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach16$90,576$24,490
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles14$436,678$29,456
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco11$169,540$38,145

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.