US Health Care Costs

Postoperative and Post-Traumatic Infections with Mcc in California

MS-DRG 862: Postoperative and post-traumatic infections with mcc

$126,551typical hospital bill
$22,588typical amount paid
$17,389–$45,785range paid across 25 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $126,551 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
Oroville HospitalOroville16$52,758$17,389
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach22$106,178$17,582
Enloe HealthChico18$102,445$17,641
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica13$102,298$18,451
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding12$109,851$18,615
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks11$241,408$19,113
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara16$93,945$19,488
El Camino HealthMountain View12$122,923$19,735
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs11$217,778$19,832
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla12$110,449$20,312
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage14$126,551$20,991
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa16$141,438$22,289
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville18$118,885$22,588
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego11$156,811$22,844
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles36$241,775$24,807
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno12$183,433$26,171
Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla11$140,151$27,008
Uci Health-OrangeOrange15$78,022$27,214
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside14$212,897$27,558
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco55$148,520$32,772
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego25$114,408$33,018
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento16$200,280$36,273
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles12$107,869$38,112
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles17$186,672$44,016
Stanford Health CareStanford47$323,025$45,785

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.