US Health Care Costs

Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR) in California

MS-DRG 267: Endovascular cardiac valve replacement and supplement procedures without mcc

$243,039typical hospital bill
$52,686typical amount paid
$45,066–$103,642range paid across 73 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $243,039 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia13$380,545$45,066
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills21$199,255$45,392
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach71$157,196$45,458
French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo51$312,436$45,795
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica35$198,192$45,861
Enloe HealthChico37$186,550$45,937
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance22$219,789$46,252
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley12$237,341$46,403
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo17$147,580$46,408
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard17$301,601$46,992
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance13$248,834$47,296
San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland11$278,739$47,346
Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside19$333,879$47,352
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield24$273,614$47,529
Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding55$321,581$47,603
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla208$380,051$47,660
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield75$346,617$48,096
Huntington HospitalPasadena49$258,127$48,330
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego23$247,995$48,424
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista23$242,043$49,280
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster78$254,267$49,303
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa39$240,554$49,341
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank21$227,659$49,864
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange36$139,336$49,992
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge22$357,105$50,010
Mercy General HospitalSacramento65$348,909$50,208
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks85$892,045$50,268
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz33$317,708$50,656
Memorial Medical CenterModesto37$168,491$50,705
Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles73$239,816$50,830
Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria14$314,338$50,929
Adventist Health St HelenaSaint Helena39$241,724$51,285
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina17$220,818$51,891
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale37$315,483$52,122
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno37$129,653$52,476
Sequoia HospitalRedwood City17$322,670$52,589
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage111$149,203$52,686
Doctors Medical CenterModesto38$708,553$52,698
El Camino HealthMountain View85$342,851$52,932
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton23$240,555$52,984
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia40$180,416$53,283
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose22$675,079$53,421
St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino12$324,040$53,458
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey52$243,178$53,628
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta44$241,468$53,672
Washington HospitalFremont13$234,200$54,032
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae30$409,123$54,173
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno41$201,716$54,862
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara88$220,433$54,874
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura55$243,939$54,935
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa73$289,376$55,017
Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas47$243,039$56,299
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach30$239,115$56,943
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento167$185,390$57,209
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego47$356,458$57,384
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland52$217,329$57,433
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside15$747,186$57,576
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield14$336,829$57,657
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles265$551,063$58,280
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles69$214,150$61,299
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula20$291,053$61,621
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord87$522,121$61,969
St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton27$229,897$62,443
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego67$173,345$62,533
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento124$183,662$64,560
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame63$226,482$65,274
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda57$170,886$66,929
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco108$204,002$67,143
Uci Health-OrangeOrange46$180,574$68,956
Stanford Health CareStanford181$338,922$72,669
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco77$245,802$74,649
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles29$190,466$78,307
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San FranciscoSan Francisco13$75,150$103,642

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.