US Health Care Costs

Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue O.r. Procedures with Cc in California

MS-DRG 516: Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue o.r. procedures with cc

$147,486typical hospital bill
$21,859typical amount paid
$17,679–$62,839range paid across 34 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $147,486 for this stay in 2024, about 6.7 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica20$69,715$17,679
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance16$113,813$19,059
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos12$240,878$19,087
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach19$93,875$19,095
Enloe HealthChico19$192,415$19,372
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo13$123,556$19,600
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas21$148,479$19,751
Memorial Medical CenterModesto12$113,153$19,902
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa11$173,041$20,848
Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks16$79,226$20,855
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale32$127,772$21,208
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage12$87,469$21,272
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara23$87,141$21,313
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles12$83,160$21,355
Doctors Medical CenterModesto14$308,705$21,596
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla13$174,925$21,670
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael16$172,396$21,736
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego11$124,514$21,982
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose12$372,974$22,000
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey12$117,544$22,417
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno17$72,798$22,642
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento13$103,480$22,650
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville32$123,066$22,769
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs11$272,109$22,890
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield11$202,135$24,449
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles28$278,851$25,766
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek14$154,389$27,146
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda11$202,592$31,960
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego23$146,493$33,178
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento26$287,441$33,530
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco29$149,546$33,602
Stanford Health CareStanford36$321,008$34,641
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles14$116,146$36,951
Uci Health-OrangeOrange11$197,152$62,839

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.