US Health Care Costs

Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in California

MS-DRG 328: Stomach, esophageal and duodenal procedures without cc/mcc

$125,632typical hospital bill
$19,603typical amount paid
$15,231–$27,619range paid across 10 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $125,632 for this stay in 2024, about 6.4 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
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach13$94,464$15,231
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia13$78,254$15,374
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage13$114,067$17,792
Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla11$99,757$18,885
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord23$201,346$19,197
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles20$311,644$20,009
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento13$214,434$22,707
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco15$137,197$25,262
Stanford Health CareStanford35$243,030$25,814
Uci Health-OrangeOrange11$93,694$27,619

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.