US Health Care Costs

Pancreas, Liver and Shunt Procedures with Cc in California

MS-DRG 406: Pancreas, liver and shunt procedures with cc

$204,559typical hospital bill
$43,069typical amount paid
$29,916–$54,405range paid across 10 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $204,559 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara11$167,940$29,916
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley12$148,457$32,591
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles26$510,002$32,863
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach22$224,228$37,205
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles20$208,156$41,922
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego33$175,957$44,216
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco27$200,961$51,293
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles33$169,868$51,782
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco36$281,039$52,224
Stanford Health CareStanford73$406,480$54,405

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.