Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $12,197 per stay at 2,098 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $9,650 and $12,792.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $12,197
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $9,650–$12,792
- Medicare’s share
- $9,974
- Average billed charge
- $57,943
- Hospitals reporting
- 2,098
Hospitals in California
Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.
- Average payment across these 195 hospitals
- $15,884
- Median hospital
- $13,965
- Lowest to highest
- $9,176–$39,004
- Medicare stays
- 7,155
195 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palomar Health Downtown Campus | 31 | $9,176 | 25% below the national average | $8,218 | $137,774 |
| USC Arcadia Hospital | 35 | $10,693 | 12% below the national average | $9,804 | $84,401 |
| Palomar Medical Center Poway | 14 | $10,882 | 11% below the national average | $9,833 | $137,029 |
| Uci Health - Los Alamitos | 23 | $11,598 | About average | $10,251 | $152,280 |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley | 41 | $11,677 | About average | $10,563 | $104,543 |
| Shasta Regional Medical Center | 71 | $11,866 | About average | $10,943 | $46,814 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 79 | $11,893 | About average | $10,852 | $56,095 |
| Enloe Health | 151 | $11,912 | About average | $10,950 | $89,080 |
| Adventist Health Twin Cities | 25 | $11,920 | About average | $10,085 | $140,852 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla | 59 | $11,935 | About average | $10,830 | $80,766 |
| San Dimas Community Hospital | 13 | $11,954 | About average | $11,076 | $80,999 |
| Saint John's Health Center | 41 | $11,997 | About average | $10,706 | $57,206 |
| Huntington Beach Hospital | 14 | $12,044 | About average | $10,732 | $57,373 |
| Encino Hospital Medical Center | 11 | $12,091 | About average | $11,424 | $55,789 |
| UCLA West Valley Medical Center | 37 | $12,117 | About average | $11,235 | $194,318 |
| Tri-City Medical Center | 82 | $12,122 | About average | $10,987 | $71,957 |
| USC Verdugo Hills Hospital | 33 | $12,127 | About average | $10,856 | $89,709 |
| Adventist Health Sierra Vista | 19 | $12,164 | About average | $10,876 | $120,926 |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center | 43 | $12,291 | About average | $10,301 | $98,340 |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital | 26 | $12,334 | About average | $10,561 | $87,889 |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center | 71 | $12,355 | About average | $10,982 | $59,847 |
| Redlands Community Hospital | 45 | $12,362 | About average | $11,491 | $102,857 |
| Doctors Hospital Of Manteca | 15 | $12,380 | About average | $11,292 | $144,355 |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center | 35 | $12,391 | About average | $10,533 | $122,730 |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield | 41 | $12,412 | About average | $10,982 | $85,430 |
| Mercy Hospital Of Folsom | 15 | $12,448 | About average | $11,251 | $68,400 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | 74 | $12,485 | About average | $11,470 | $68,804 |
| Uci Health-Lakewood | 25 | $12,507 | About average | $11,021 | $195,684 |
| Desert Valley Hospital | 42 | $12,516 | About average | $11,481 | $38,212 |
| St Johns Regional Medical Center | 57 | $12,541 | About average | $11,225 | $83,598 |
| Marshall Medical Center | 12 | $12,578 | About average | $11,354 | $75,036 |
| Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | 83 | $12,640 | About average | $11,343 | $99,061 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | 25 | $12,650 | About average | $11,598 | $95,565 |
| Adventist Health Lodi Memorial | 36 | $12,754 | About average | $11,612 | $158,630 |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital | 15 | $12,755 | About average | $11,095 | $57,109 |
| Mercy General Hospital | 28 | $12,791 | About average | $11,980 | $89,327 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas | 76 | $12,794 | About average | $10,110 | $65,704 |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital | 28 | $12,816 | About average | $11,942 | $48,109 |
| Adventist Health Hanford | 34 | $12,842 | About average | $11,425 | $61,506 |
| Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital | 16 | $12,892 | About average | $10,821 | $57,105 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | 113 | $12,904 | About average | $11,652 | $90,761 |
| El Centro Regional Medical Center | 23 | $12,907 | About average | $11,914 | $77,277 |
| Emanuel Medical Center | 24 | $12,909 | About average | $11,754 | $181,856 |
| Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center | 13 | $12,928 | About average | $11,673 | $51,740 |
| Huntington Hospital | 31 | $12,948 | About average | $11,759 | $124,627 |
| Palmdale Regional Medical Center | 34 | $12,961 | About average | $11,181 | $111,288 |
| San Gabriel Valley Medical Center | 14 | $13,007 | About average | $11,958 | $62,716 |
| Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center | 13 | $13,042 | About average | $12,226 | $75,894 |
| Antelope Valley Hospital | 33 | $13,071 | About average | $12,124 | $59,191 |
| Memorial Medical Center | 106 | $13,075 | About average | $11,136 | $73,744 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $11K | $45K |
| 2021 | $11K | $48K |
| 2022 | $11K | $52K |
| 2023 | $12K | $54K |
| 2024 | $12K | $58K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 51 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 5 | 424 | $8,089 | $7,220–$7,980 |
| Arkansas | 22 | 1,270 | $9,183 | $8,666–$9,611 |
| Kentucky | 42 | 1,753 | $9,410 | $8,642–$9,960 |
| Mississippi | 28 | 1,166 | $9,491 | $8,841–$9,859 |
| Louisiana | 32 | 1,125 | $9,678 | $8,503–$10,612 |
| Montana | 10 | 250 | $9,987 | $9,467–$10,067 |
| Kansas | 26 | 1,060 | $10,043 | $8,893–$11,299 |
| Tennessee | 48 | 1,926 | $10,069 | $8,862–$10,296 |
| Alabama | 37 | 1,022 | $10,105 | $8,566–$10,341 |
| Iowa | 28 | 1,215 | $10,161 | $8,837–$10,268 |
| Oklahoma | 33 | 1,541 | $10,187 | $9,151–$10,593 |
| Indiana | 60 | 2,399 | $10,354 | $9,529–$10,912 |
| Ohio | 93 | 3,385 | $10,459 | $9,153–$10,977 |
| Idaho | 12 | 474 | $10,491 | $10,135–$11,346 |
| Florida | 139 | 5,587 | $10,618 | $9,353–$11,085 |
| Missouri | 46 | 1,778 | $10,660 | $8,934–$10,568 |
| West Virginia | 15 | 914 | $10,696 | $8,699–$10,737 |
| Virginia | 60 | 2,193 | $10,867 | $9,392–$11,074 |
| Wisconsin | 45 | 1,552 | $10,878 | $9,393–$10,879 |
| South Carolina | 36 | 1,882 | $10,957 | $9,461–$11,163 |
| North Dakota | 7 | 339 | $11,059 | $9,941–$12,407 |
| Colorado | 31 | 997 | $11,080 | $9,710–$11,788 |
| Nebraska | 15 | 689 | $11,127 | $8,816–$11,926 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | 475 | $11,285 | $9,934–$12,183 |
| Pennsylvania | 98 | 4,123 | $11,304 | $9,349–$11,780 |
| North Carolina | 60 | 2,238 | $11,396 | $9,411–$11,328 |
| Illinois | 92 | 4,161 | $11,432 | $9,648–$12,384 |
| South Dakota | 10 | 502 | $11,455 | $9,976–$12,691 |
| Arizona | 37 | 1,401 | $11,551 | $10,055–$14,104 |
| Michigan | 70 | 2,978 | $11,577 | $10,157–$11,549 |
| Minnesota | 34 | 1,357 | $11,677 | $9,832–$11,546 |
| New Mexico | 15 | 441 | $11,712 | $9,947–$14,534 |
| Georgia | 67 | 2,326 | $11,764 | $10,019–$12,376 |
| Washington | 40 | 1,919 | $11,824 | $10,767–$12,246 |
| Texas | 144 | 7,359 | $11,851 | $9,829–$11,521 |
| Nevada | 18 | 1,006 | $11,919 | $11,009–$12,068 |
| Delaware | 6 | 438 | $12,021 | $10,293–$12,264 |
| Utah | 14 | 414 | $12,043 | $10,289–$12,061 |
| Oregon | 22 | 782 | $12,399 | $10,974–$13,228 |
| Massachusetts | 46 | 2,444 | $12,470 | $10,496–$13,542 |
| New Jersey | 46 | 2,268 | $12,508 | $10,933–$13,677 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | 200 | $12,790 | $10,844–$13,154 |
| Wyoming | 4 | 99 | $13,156 | $13,859–$15,194 |
| Connecticut | 22 | 985 | $13,777 | $12,004–$14,779 |
| Maine | 10 | 289 | $14,774 | $10,659–$13,889 |
| New York | 101 | 4,957 | $14,981 | $11,710–$15,733 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | 170 | $15,386 | $14,427–$17,551 |
| California | 195 | 7,155 | $15,884 | $13,073–$16,320 |
| Alaska | 6 | 317 | $15,910 | $14,671–$20,089 |
| Hawaii | 8 | 160 | $16,251 | $15,363–$16,132 |
| Maryland | 39 | 4,086 | $20,991 | $17,267–$23,101 |
About these numbers
Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.
Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.
Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.