US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in California

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$84,301typical hospital bill
$11,523typical amount paid
$8,397–$52,433range paid across 172 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $84,301 for this stay in 2024, about 7.3 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
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia53$78,265$8,397
Palomar Medical Center PowayPoway18$122,778$8,467
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale11$77,283$8,511
Corona Regional Medical CenterCorona14$97,411$8,550
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia16$92,233$8,703
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido37$115,635$8,735
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas44$69,260$9,090
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley36$101,647$9,268
Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos28$138,281$9,553
Enloe HealthChico97$83,611$9,641
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley24$95,128$9,669
Adventist Health Twin CitiesTempleton24$132,601$9,699
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey14$81,520$9,700
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo68$73,165$9,784
Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding18$43,297$9,793
Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside32$71,321$9,886
Memorial Medical CenterModesto48$68,498$9,900
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana36$70,637$9,998
Pih Health Downey HospitalDowney13$69,597$10,004
Mercy HospitalBakersfield37$69,938$10,007
Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley33$78,276$10,012
Mercy Hospital of FolsomFolsom28$72,969$10,013
Redlands Community HospitalRedlands15$121,442$10,033
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla72$89,343$10,043
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield28$74,258$10,067
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield46$68,509$10,072
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland51$106,178$10,113
Adventist Health Sierra VistaSan Luis Obispo19$149,035$10,119
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton66$73,290$10,137
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank42$72,703$10,179
Marshall Medical CenterPlacerville36$69,525$10,189
Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood17$49,387$10,190
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis71$57,640$10,203
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach87$49,548$10,292
El Centro Regional Medical CenterEl Centro28$47,798$10,295
Doctors Hospital of MantecaManteca14$159,760$10,299
Huntington HospitalPasadena40$102,547$10,313
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills29$85,660$10,348
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance74$104,905$10,380
Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley36$51,884$10,382
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks48$140,456$10,433
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard54$70,023$10,455
Palmdale Regional Medical CenterPalmdale17$122,001$10,467
Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock15$145,739$10,484
San Gabriel Valley Medical CenterSan Gabriel12$64,109$10,554
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding70$88,050$10,620
Garfield Medical CenterMonterey Park30$115,349$10,633
Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi30$121,680$10,643
Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn18$58,457$10,674
Petaluma Valley HospitalPetaluma11$106,542$10,708
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley35$138,012$10,735
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria58$76,576$10,770
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale18$75,290$10,772
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa74$90,934$10,785
Doctors Medical CenterModesto70$243,595$10,803
Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka22$61,558$10,805
Mercy General HospitalSacramento26$85,986$10,807
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale48$106,762$10,851
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge32$123,952$10,903
Mercy Medical CenterMerced36$99,598$10,908
Sutter Davis HospitalDavis14$66,086$10,926
Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville56$72,862$10,936
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta42$91,466$10,994
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona54$119,579$10,996
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare DistrictBrawley22$39,767$10,999
John F Kennedy Memorial HospitalIndio15$111,502$11,070
Adventist Health SonoraSonora15$80,284$11,073
St Elizabeth Community HospitalRed Bluff21$84,289$11,086
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista40$106,823$11,108
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance46$73,746$11,109
Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys13$47,022$11,111
Sequoia HospitalRedwood City13$132,170$11,211
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael78$110,788$11,216
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange25$51,196$11,218
Woodland Memorial HospitalWoodland15$80,951$11,234
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey72$104,581$11,325
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz51$118,026$11,369
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster16$46,046$11,375
Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier23$84,810$11,384
Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch13$69,707$11,392
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae53$129,624$11,416
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica57$54,837$11,432
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage108$68,485$11,455
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno55$54,253$11,485
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura33$35,757$11,504
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia74$43,422$11,518
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton29$119,333$11,529
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills27$98,722$11,534
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame71$74,167$11,566
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord37$111,749$11,593
Oroville HospitalOroville11$36,967$11,613
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno79$60,891$11,624
Watsonville Community HospitalWatsonville16$131,268$11,624
Saint Francis Medical CenterLynwood11$53,103$11,626
Adventist Health HanfordHanford28$50,232$11,657
Washington HospitalFremont41$121,048$11,657
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta14$60,522$11,700
Uci Health-LakewoodLakewood20$172,503$11,706
Methodist Hospital of SacramentoSacramento27$80,253$11,709
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley63$80,934$11,726
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs41$190,720$11,746
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville100$74,899$11,762
Sutter Coast HospitalCrescent City11$60,172$11,795
St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino21$104,944$11,812
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas61$110,723$11,863
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa38$84,310$11,878
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara88$72,323$11,886
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland62$68,994$11,959
Orange County Global Medical CenterSanta Ana14$67,130$12,099
Sierra View Medical CenterPorterville31$30,802$12,109
Alameda HospitalAlameda26$84,708$12,165
Adventist Health White MemorialLos Angeles12$125,034$12,270
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield44$123,446$12,334
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa51$100,173$12,445
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside41$205,599$12,542
Ventura County Medical CenterVentura16$87,736$12,614
St Mary Medical CenterLong Beach16$87,580$12,620
California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus HospSan Francisco53$69,739$12,715
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego50$83,042$12,765
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach41$113,437$12,823
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina31$62,954$12,845
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica16$86,837$12,946
El Camino HealthMountain View73$155,076$12,991
Adventist Health Ukiah ValleyUkiah18$56,154$13,023
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek78$133,800$13,174
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa31$66,749$13,211
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LaLos Angeles15$57,824$13,325
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityRedwood City11$73,380$13,551
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego47$98,359$13,560
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles100$169,270$14,104
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley23$66,967$14,184
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula26$109,924$14,227
Regional Medical Center of San JoseSan Jose32$271,448$14,290
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento77$80,329$14,383
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose73$272,641$14,394
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley22$86,709$14,524
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalLos Angeles22$192,745$14,762
Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills23$220,163$14,870
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - VacavilleVacaville11$97,195$14,946
Sutter Solano Medical CenterVallejo15$79,568$14,994
Ucsf Health Saint Francis HospitalSan Francisco13$154,639$15,071
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - SacramentoSacramento32$74,088$15,400
Ucsf Health St. Mary's HospitalSan Francisco11$142,380$15,518
Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton22$69,694$15,767
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los AngelesLos Angeles24$84,292$15,870
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - AntiochAntioch19$72,948$15,953
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento28$126,984$16,271
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton35$169,011$16,330
Uci Health-OrangeOrange39$104,937$16,720
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fontana/OntarioFontana16$51,487$17,053
Natividad Medical CenterSalinas14$98,249$17,157
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa ClaraSanta Clara16$74,932$17,198
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco27$77,029$17,904
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland41$69,493$18,018
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda41$102,028$18,086
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - RosevilleRoseville11$61,630$18,153
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco54$116,631$18,709
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose55$119,092$18,742
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego54$81,593$18,869
Stanford Health CareStanford59$230,992$18,894
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles38$87,946$19,986
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco39$129,373$21,517
Sutter Amador HospitalJackson17$64,814$21,644
Highland HospitalOakland17$135,622$23,334
Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterMartinez13$35,695$24,120
Kaiser Foundation Hosp So SacramentoSacramento13$86,485$24,282
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San FranciscoSan Francisco15$76,038$24,751
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San FranciscoSouth San Francisco12$47,936$25,645
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance14$94,297$27,872
Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterSylmar16$43,447$28,251
Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles28$97,694$30,858
Lac/Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation CtrDowney12$36,366$52,433

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.