US Health Care Costs

Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Mcc in California

MS-DRG 963: Other multiple significant trauma with mcc

$406,091typical hospital bill
$51,869typical amount paid
$43,611–$58,477range paid across 3 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $406,091 for this stay in 2024, about 7.8 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
Stanford Health CareStanford12$406,091$43,611
Uci Health-OrangeOrange16$262,228$51,869
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento12$432,283$58,477

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.