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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $16,480 per stay at 707 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $12,174 and $17,086.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $16,480
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $12,174–$17,086
- Medicare’s share
- $13,593
- Average billed charge
- $65,970
- Hospitals reporting
- 707
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 46 hospitals
- $20,884
- Median hospital
- $18,318
- Lowest to highest
- $14,199–$55,352
- Medicare stays
- 900
46 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas | 28 | $14,199 | 14% below the national average | $13,123 | $71,822 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center | 12 | $14,848 | About average | $13,488 | $67,909 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 18 | $14,877 | About average | $13,653 | $42,887 |
| Memorial Medical Center | 11 | $15,099 | About average | $14,058 | $92,165 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla | 25 | $15,315 | About average | $14,075 | $57,385 |
| Enloe Health | 20 | $15,411 | About average | $14,085 | $70,048 |
| Oroville Hospital | 16 | $15,471 | About average | $14,655 | $34,257 |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center | 29 | $15,894 | About average | $14,899 | $72,649 |
| Uci Health - Fountain Valley | 11 | $16,356 | About average | $15,332 | $114,863 |
| Clovis Community Medical Center | 16 | $16,466 | About average | $15,331 | $54,693 |
| Glendale Adventist Medical Center | 12 | $16,830 | About average | $14,965 | $107,821 |
| Marian Regional Medical Center | 15 | $16,912 | About average | $15,965 | $53,024 |
| UCLA West Valley Medical Center | 15 | $16,982 | About average | $16,002 | $111,539 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center | 11 | $17,091 | About average | $16,498 | $81,917 |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital | 15 | $17,252 | About average | $13,125 | $57,781 |
| Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital | 24 | $17,303 | About average | $15,293 | $118,283 |
| L A Downtown Medical Center | 38 | $17,316 | About average | $16,115 | $39,446 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus | 18 | $17,609 | About average | $16,598 | $119,310 |
| Grossmont Hospital | 29 | $17,614 | About average | $16,291 | $95,344 |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital | 31 | $17,726 | About average | $15,559 | $109,647 |
| Mission Community Hospital | 14 | $18,038 | About average | $16,749 | $86,231 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | 23 | $18,092 | About average | $16,624 | $57,521 |
| Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center | 42 | $18,309 | 11% above the national average | $16,464 | $147,655 |
| Community Regional Medical Center | 29 | $18,328 | 11% above the national average | $16,723 | $62,713 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | 38 | $18,435 | 12% above the national average | $17,179 | $178,754 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | 14 | $18,897 | 15% above the national average | $16,813 | $127,311 |
| California Pacific Medical Center - Mission Bernal | 11 | $18,903 | 15% above the national average | $17,983 | $39,663 |
| Regional Medical Center Of San Jose | 15 | $19,284 | 17% above the national average | $17,761 | $160,375 |
| El Camino Health | 11 | $19,381 | 18% above the national average | $18,315 | $112,857 |
| Riverside Community Hospital | 28 | $19,443 | 18% above the national average | $17,133 | $90,342 |
| Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital | 11 | $20,107 | 22% above the national average | $18,211 | $63,405 |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center | 14 | $21,186 | 29% above the national average | $16,216 | $61,700 |
| Riverside University Health System-Medical Center | 26 | $22,075 | 34% above the national average | $20,465 | $109,744 |
| Palomar Health Downtown Campus | 11 | $22,267 | 35% above the national average | $13,871 | $83,408 |
| Santa Clara Valley Medical Center | 27 | $22,713 | 38% above the national average | $20,714 | $94,184 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | 29 | $23,254 | 41% above the national average | $18,091 | $230,225 |
| Community Hospital Of The Monterey Peninsula | 17 | $26,266 | 59% above the national average | $21,110 | $155,300 |
| Temecula Valley Hospital | 15 | $28,015 | 70% above the national average | $20,432 | $210,689 |
| Stanford Health Care | 35 | $28,193 | 71% above the national average | $23,328 | $206,431 |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center | 12 | $29,950 | 82% above the national average | $23,930 | $188,972 |
| Highland Hospital | 12 | $30,787 | 87% above the national average | $27,318 | $159,062 |
| University Of California Davis Medical Center | 11 | $32,121 | 95% above the national average | $24,011 | $136,715 |
| Lac/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | 13 | $34,334 | 108% above the national average | $25,137 | $166,831 |
| UCSF Medical Center | 18 | $35,745 | 117% above the national average | $26,601 | $163,774 |
| UCSan Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center | 15 | $44,435 | 170% above the national average | $25,368 | $168,624 |
| Lac/Olive View-UCLA Medical Center | 15 | $55,352 | 236% above the national average | $36,847 | $188,853 |
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 | $14K | $49K |
| 2021 | $14K | $52K |
| 2022 | $15K | $60K |
| 2023 | $15K | $64K |
| 2024 | $16K | $66K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 49 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 5 | 137 | $11,181 | $11,055–$12,020 |
| Louisiana | 3 | 66 | $11,461 | $11,255–$11,760 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 108 | $11,823 | $10,699–$12,682 |
| Mississippi | 9 | 241 | $12,047 | $11,296–$12,235 |
| Kentucky | 7 | 160 | $12,329 | $10,474–$14,669 |
| Kansas | 7 | 188 | $12,411 | $11,374–$13,113 |
| Idaho | 3 | 41 | $12,427 | $11,905–$12,978 |
| Ohio | 37 | 806 | $12,609 | $10,400–$14,134 |
| Arizona | 5 | 68 | $12,629 | $11,242–$14,108 |
| Florida | 73 | 1,924 | $12,712 | $11,443–$13,382 |
| Alabama | 11 | 236 | $12,735 | $10,756–$13,480 |
| Iowa | 5 | 80 | $12,852 | $11,904–$14,038 |
| Colorado | 7 | 113 | $12,889 | $12,444–$12,992 |
| Indiana | 13 | 257 | $13,245 | $11,787–$13,134 |
| Virginia | 21 | 541 | $13,310 | $11,676–$14,193 |
| Tennessee | 21 | 440 | $13,386 | $11,451–$13,800 |
| Texas | 29 | 657 | $13,713 | $12,438–$14,394 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 13 | $13,736 | $13,736–$13,736 |
| Missouri | 19 | 374 | $13,785 | $11,257–$15,476 |
| Illinois | 33 | 697 | $14,091 | $12,080–$14,223 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 51 | $14,129 | $13,427–$15,920 |
| Montana | 2 | 26 | $14,138 | $13,379–$14,695 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 71 | $14,366 | $12,636–$15,679 |
| Pennsylvania | 34 | 814 | $14,455 | $12,360–$15,542 |
| Michigan | 27 | 681 | $14,891 | $12,430–$15,786 |
| Nevada | 9 | 247 | $15,071 | $13,961–$15,935 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 52 | $15,321 | $12,449–$16,925 |
| South Carolina | 13 | 260 | $15,519 | $12,558–$15,855 |
| Maine | 1 | 43 | $15,574 | $15,574–$15,574 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 115 | $15,632 | $11,561–$17,935 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | 178 | $15,731 | $14,030–$17,759 |
| Georgia | 20 | 285 | $16,207 | $12,170–$16,324 |
| Utah | 2 | 29 | $16,277 | $14,778–$17,262 |
| Vermont | 1 | 14 | $16,815 | $16,815–$16,815 |
| Delaware | 2 | 64 | $16,908 | $14,774–$16,620 |
| New Jersey | 38 | 831 | $16,997 | $13,775–$18,826 |
| North Carolina | 17 | 377 | $17,059 | $12,400–$17,292 |
| Massachusetts | 28 | 816 | $17,543 | $13,271–$17,895 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 94 | $17,684 | $16,119–$19,107 |
| Minnesota | 9 | 187 | $17,733 | $13,026–$17,361 |
| Washington | 15 | 234 | $18,270 | $14,670–$19,278 |
| Oregon | 3 | 50 | $18,536 | $16,225–$19,878 |
| Connecticut | 6 | 159 | $20,418 | $15,815–$17,254 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 27 | $20,808 | $20,808–$20,808 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 56 | $20,861 | $15,223–$23,807 |
| California | 46 | 900 | $20,884 | $16,929–$22,601 |
| New York | 61 | 2,171 | $24,025 | $15,115–$25,394 |
| Maryland | 25 | 642 | $24,215 | $13,116–$20,675 |
| Alaska | 1 | 21 | $27,202 | $27,202–$27,202 |
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.