US Health Care Costs

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Mcc in California

MS-DRG 242: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with mcc

$214,783typical hospital bill
$36,991typical amount paid
$29,122–$77,166range paid across 45 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $214,783 for this stay in 2024, about 5.8 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
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica12$100,979$29,122
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido12$219,362$30,563
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas16$214,783$30,662
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo13$112,771$30,667
Enloe HealthChico17$233,139$31,560
French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo17$166,632$32,175
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield13$156,675$32,176
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley11$215,363$32,502
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield14$172,895$32,773
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis12$156,885$33,491
Oroville HospitalOroville11$124,803$33,514
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach20$124,955$33,535
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding21$182,710$33,770
Mercy General HospitalSacramento13$223,405$34,150
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana15$176,915$34,280
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla25$276,245$35,241
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville14$181,350$35,265
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance11$132,279$35,877
Memorial Medical CenterModesto11$180,812$35,893
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord14$353,718$36,204
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno14$134,870$36,336
El Camino HealthMountain View11$290,836$36,944
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego13$172,381$36,991
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka12$141,075$37,279
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara19$194,105$37,787
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa17$192,705$37,999
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville11$219,122$38,165
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield13$300,038$38,571
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley13$604,269$38,918
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas20$287,869$39,258
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland13$197,889$40,121
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale27$341,958$40,602
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose22$527,755$41,482
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz12$292,491$41,907
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood11$259,340$42,657
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles31$431,608$43,020
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento24$187,060$43,098
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton13$189,998$44,737
Doctors Medical CenterModesto15$536,432$46,125
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia11$237,505$46,837
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco11$179,789$50,878
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa13$238,258$53,942
Stanford Health CareStanford18$490,117$56,200
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco11$328,645$62,511
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles13$249,493$77,166

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.