US Health Care Costs

Seizures in California

MS-DRG 101: Seizures without mcc

$74,056typical hospital bill
$10,223typical amount paid
$8,632–$55,891range paid across 96 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $74,056 for this stay in 2024, about 7.2 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
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos14$88,377$8,632
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia28$74,737$8,842
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills11$114,514$8,870
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica13$56,945$8,872
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton15$54,618$8,928
Oroville HospitalOroville14$21,216$8,935
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance16$97,025$9,006
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland15$78,449$9,098
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank18$75,521$9,112
Marshall Medical CenterPlacerville11$57,020$9,174
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo13$55,702$9,185
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield12$68,884$9,192
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach34$32,885$9,216
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard16$60,919$9,421
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier16$55,842$9,429
Enloe HealthChico29$75,504$9,486
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield11$62,691$9,496
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks39$119,479$9,516
Uci Health-LakewoodLakewood11$94,180$9,536
Huntington HospitalPasadena20$98,619$9,574
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles14$39,562$9,581
Corona Regional Medical CenterCorona13$76,412$9,600
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville22$56,354$9,616
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley12$96,721$9,646
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina17$44,271$9,677
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista13$91,634$9,733
St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino11$68,189$9,772
Whittier Hospital Medical CenterWhittier12$41,724$9,785
Doctors Medical CenterModesto17$176,456$9,788
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange12$50,060$9,797
Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood11$50,991$9,859
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara36$63,707$9,863
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville22$72,939$9,867
Memorial Hospital of GardenaGardena18$43,480$9,892
Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles11$48,308$9,895
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz17$107,551$9,906
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla29$53,409$9,926
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona17$79,754$9,944
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa38$53,898$9,976
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale21$79,805$10,000
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria11$72,999$10,032
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael22$81,125$10,095
Washington HospitalFremont17$77,013$10,108
West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim17$50,887$10,115
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego26$61,936$10,117
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood50$31,943$10,136
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge14$96,974$10,186
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord16$106,926$10,209
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose24$211,765$10,238
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach19$93,809$10,259
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek32$108,379$10,276
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance19$80,901$10,312
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey19$91,894$10,324
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae22$116,210$10,329
Mercy Medical CenterMerced20$90,331$10,395
El Camino HealthMountain View15$119,720$10,421
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding15$88,029$10,423
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis20$51,810$10,468
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno19$53,717$10,556
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno44$52,072$10,674
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs17$111,645$10,676
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland15$58,913$10,699
Hemet Global Medical CenterHemet11$27,040$10,701
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas21$88,846$10,716
Methodist Hospital of SacramentoSacramento11$73,375$10,800
Mercy General HospitalSacramento32$66,208$10,805
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley16$61,012$10,846
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia26$43,612$10,885
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego15$70,905$10,916
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa13$105,869$10,964
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield16$129,204$11,080
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - SacramentoSacramento12$45,320$11,485
Regional Medical Center of San JoseSan Jose17$185,937$11,634
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside36$136,279$11,844
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage16$74,855$11,881
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula11$78,798$12,679
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles39$223,936$13,043
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalLos Angeles11$170,641$13,685
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley19$74,796$13,689
Kern Medical CenterBakersfield16$35,521$14,346
Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton14$57,889$14,438
Memorial Medical CenterModesto32$62,881$14,710
Uci Health-OrangeOrange41$46,429$14,785
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose26$68,070$15,243
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda27$38,023$15,700
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento56$88,074$15,981
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles25$70,832$16,438
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego30$57,700$16,447
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco14$69,607$16,485
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco45$87,282$17,295
Highland HospitalOakland14$78,476$17,306
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento13$69,850$18,723
Stanford Health CareStanford59$176,050$20,031
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles50$77,451$22,128
Lac/Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation CtrDowney11$103,204$48,730
Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles11$189,300$55,891

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.