US Health Care Costs

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours in California

MS-DRG 207: Respiratory system diagnosis with ventilator support >96 hours

$381,630typical hospital bill
$66,300typical amount paid
$49,698–$150,655range paid across 37 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $381,630 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
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina30$194,154$49,698
Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian HospitalGlendora14$291,323$50,348
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos11$628,101$53,174
Palomar Medical Center PowayPoway11$381,630$55,085
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa39$369,463$55,950
Redlands Community HospitalRedlands12$334,962$56,058
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield11$378,848$56,662
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood15$221,724$57,830
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland26$392,942$59,792
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville16$342,464$61,046
West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim19$168,311$62,402
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno14$267,929$62,861
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles11$333,338$63,924
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley16$588,004$64,597
Huntington HospitalPasadena12$435,807$65,177
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding12$405,657$65,294
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona18$545,393$66,194
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster12$289,359$66,218
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis14$311,680$66,300
Victor Valley Global Medical CenterVictorville11$302,707$66,936
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood11$390,253$67,096
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange14$224,300$69,400
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank15$444,344$69,791
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael16$420,867$70,554
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville12$355,490$71,971
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica11$296,772$74,480
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia17$209,882$75,389
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno15$202,084$78,495
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo18$503,460$81,368
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose16$465,168$89,113
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda24$427,196$91,528
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento14$448,723$91,827
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek29$694,284$93,096
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles18$1,287,860$103,328
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego14$462,652$103,572
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance12$406,294$109,101
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento20$711,634$150,655

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.