Hospital prices in California

272 California hospitals reported 462,315 Medicare inpatient stays in 2024. The median hospital charged 5.18 times what it was paid — above the national median of 4.15×, number 6 of 51. The widest gap was at Doctors Medical Center (16.39×), the narrowest at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco (1.4×). CMS's price-transparency list records 1,127 enforcement actions involving 416 California hospitals.

1Median charge ÷ paid 5.18×
2Hospitals reporting 288
3Medicare inpatient stays 462,315
4Price-transparency actions 1,127

Inpatient charge-to-payment ratio, the 15 California hospitals with the widest gap (100+ Medicare stays), bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.

Most common stays in California

DRG	Stays	CA avg charge	US avg charge	CA avg paid
871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with...	71,060	$143,063	$90,297	$23,020
291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC	26,610	$100,739	$56,380	$15,556
872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without...	13,549	$76,120	$49,049	$12,552
177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC	12,929	$124,302	$70,592	$18,986
193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC	12,363	$103,761	$59,757	$15,112
640 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids...	9,630	$88,573	$60,293	$15,580
853 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedures...	8,386	$375,466	$228,948	$62,077
698 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with MCC	8,247	$117,988	$73,427	$19,449
280 Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with MCC	8,077	$123,896	$75,821	$19,122
690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC	7,792	$63,565	$37,821	$9,722

Every hospital

Hospital	Stays	Ratio	Actions
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles	15,641	10.97×	3
Stanford Health Care Stanford	11,829	8.24×	–
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach	8,303	4.7×	6
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco	8,018	5.08×	–
Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville	7,270	5.05×	2
University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento	6,824	5.54×	–
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage	6,751	4.91×	2
Enloe Health Chico	6,445	7.59×	–
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla La Jolla	6,291	7.31×	2
UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr San Diego	6,146	4.05×	–
Southern California Hospital at Hollywood Hollywood	5,789	4.86×	2
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Santa Barbara	5,582	5.22×	–
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus Walnut Creek	5,506	8.65×	5
Grossmont Hospital La Mesa	5,390	6.55×	–
Torrance Memorial Medical Center Torrance	5,186	8.04×	2
Glendale Adventist Medical Center Glendale	5,083	7.14×	–
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center Thousand Oaks	5,061	12.82×	–
Saint Agnes Medical Center Fresno	4,959	3.68×	3
El Camino Hospital Mountain View	4,925	8.5×	–
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Sacramento	4,791	4.04×	–
Community Regional Medical Center Fresno	4,785	5.06×	6
Huntington Hospital Pasadena	4,761	7.64×	3
Memorial Medical Center Modesto	4,622	5.2×	–
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula Monterey	4,375	6.17×	5
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding	4,325	5.95×	3
Clovis Community Medical Center Clovis	4,163	5.75×	2
Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo	4,143	5.25×	–
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Ctr Burbank	4,130	6.3×	–
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center San Jose	4,108	4.87×	5
Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia	4,100	3.36×	–
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles	4,027	3.46×	4
Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego	3,878	6.39×	6
Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas Encinitas	3,849	5.79×	2
Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica	3,841	4.61×	–
Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose	3,755	14.05×	5
Uci Health-Orange Orange	3,680	4.1×	–
John Muir Medical Center - Concord Campus Concord	3,621	8.64×	2
Marian Regional Medical Center Santa Maria	3,584	5.38×	2
St Johns Regional Medical Center Oxnard	3,508	5.81×	3
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael	3,432	6.53×	2
Riverside Community Hospital Riverside	3,409	10.6×	4
Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego	3,387	6×	5
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa	3,284	6.48×	2
Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital Santa Monica	3,245	4.67×	–
Los Angeles Community Hospital Los Angeles	3,172	3.59×	2
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda	3,171	5.11×	3
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz	3,169	9.07×	2
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland	3,163	4.5×	–
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana	3,149	6.28×	4
Providence St. Jude Medical Center Fullerton	3,127	4.64×	2
Adventist Health and Rideout Marysville	3,114	6.33×	–
Usc Arcadia Hospital Arcadia	3,108	7.44×	4
Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital Covina	3,085	4.28×	5
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Salinas	3,058	7.04×	3
Marinhealth Medical Center Greenbrae	3,013	8.87×	7
Oroville Hospital Oroville	3,002	2.72×	3
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton	2,971	6.5×	–
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge	2,945	9.02×	1
Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame	2,917	4.16×	2
Palomar Health Downtown Campus Escondido	2,878	10.08×	–
Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange	2,845	3.67×	–
Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood	2,823	3.84×	1
Washington Hospital Fremont	2,815	6.82×	–
Keck Hospital of Usc Los Angeles	2,790	4.37×	2
Doctors Medical Center Modesto	2,691	16.39×	1
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Chula Vista	2,614	7.46×	1
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus San Francisco	2,595	3.4×	4
Adventist Health Bakersfield Bakersfield	2,588	6.62×	3
L A Downtown Medical Center Los Angeles	2,530	2.91×	1
Pih Health Hospital-Whittier Whittier	2,488	6.69×	7
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach	2,486	7.11×	–
Northbay Medical Center Fairfield	2,456	10.28×	4
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield	2,360	5.77×	3
Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla	2,338	5.72×	3
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento	2,329	7.15×	3
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Pomona	2,288	8.78×	3
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr Torrance Torrance	2,284	5.69×	–
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura Ventura	2,260	3.2×	4
San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland	2,247	8.02×	5
Uci Health-Fountain Valley Fountain Valley	2,203	12.28×	–
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills	2,163	6.28×	2
Shasta Regional Medical Center Redding	2,158	5.05×	2
Desert Regional Medical Center Palm Springs	2,127	12.42×	2
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka	2,102	5.41×	–
UCLA West Valley Medical Center West Hills	2,078	14.36×	2
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital Santa Rosa	2,010	4.23×	2
Mercy Medical Center Merced	1,959	6.72×	–
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical Center Fountain Valley	1,934	7.65×	–
West Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim	1,893	3.61×	3
Pih Health Good Samaritan Hospital Los Angeles	1,858	4.63×	–
Eden Medical Center Castro Valley	1,735	4.94×	4
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Valencia	1,686	8.82×	–
Adventist Health Simi Valley Simi Valley	1,680	8.01×	3
Riverside University Health System-Medical Center Moreno Valley	1,665	5.34×	2
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr San Francisco	1,630	4.68×	–
Providence St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley	1,594	4.66×	–
Adventist Health Lodi Memorial Lodi	1,592	9.9×	3
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton	1,579	7.41×	–
Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks	1,575	3.23×	1
Antelope Valley Hospital Lancaster	1,574	4.87×	3
Los Angeles General Medical Center Los Angeles	1,547	2.6×	5
Uci Health-Los Alamitos Los Alamitos	1,537	13.49×	–
Mercy Hospital Bakersfield	1,532	5.79×	–
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center Laguna Hills	1,525	7.23×	–
Adventist Health Sonora Sonora	1,427	5.94×	4
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center Glendale	1,424	6.21×	–
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp Berkeley	1,414	4.05×	–
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital Murrieta	1,402	6.87×	4
Emanuel Medical Center Turlock	1,394	12.75×	–
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center Napa	1,381	6.63×	3
Temecula Valley Hospital Temecula	1,375	5.66×	4
Highland Hospital Oakland	1,374	4.27×	4
French Hospital Medical Center San Luis Obispo	1,357	6.31×	2
Regional Medical Center of San Jose San Jose	1,352	14.89×	4
Sutter Delta Medical Center Antioch	1,351	4.87×	2
Adventist Health White Memorial Los Angeles	1,317	8.08×	2
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley	1,290	5.62×	2
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino	1,287	6.77×	2
Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital Glendale	1,285	6.74×	–
Adventist Health Hanford Hanford	1,281	4.2×	6
Tri-City Medical Center Oceanside	1,266	5.32×	6
Desert Valley Hospital Victorville	1,254	3.56×	1
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta Murrieta	1,248	5.08×	1
Saint Francis Medical Center Lynwood	1,248	4.64×	2
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom	1,246	6.33×	2
Uci Health-Lakewood Lakewood	1,209	12.34×	–
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Los Angeles	1,207	4.74×	3
Valley Presbyterian Hospital Van Nuys	1,127	3.63×	5
Mission Community Hospital Panorama City	1,088	4.74×	3
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med Center Torrance	1,066	2.75×	–
Marshall Medical Center Placerville	1,065	6.62×	–
Palmdale Regional Medical Center Palmdale	1,030	10.16×	3
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital Marina Del Rey	959	7.07×	–
Garfield Medical Center Monterey Park	958	9×	1
Foothill Regional Medical Center Tustin	954	5.73×	–
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center San Gabriel	941	5.49×	5
California Pacific Medical Center - Mission Bernal San Francisco	936	3.77×	2
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento	916	5.65×	2
Pih Health Downey Hospital Downey	915	5.37×	8
Ventura County Medical Center Ventura	899	6.07×	2
Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital Glendora	884	4.96×	2
Adventist Health Twin Cities Templeton	878	11.89×	2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland	867	3.58×	–
St Mary's Medical Center San Francisco	861	5.96×	4
Palomar Medical Center Poway Poway	847	10.03×	3
Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital Auburn	842	4.04×	2
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Colton	838	4.74×	3
Corona Regional Medical Center Corona	830	7.54×	1
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City	830	7.87×	2
Adventist Health St Helena Saint Helena	829	7.49×	4
St Mary Medical Center Long Beach	812	5.79×	–
Redlands Community Hospital Redlands	808	7.44×	4
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet	803	3.4×	3
Sierra View Medical Center Porterville	773	2.98×	2
Hoag Orthopedic Institute Irvine	771	4.81×	2
El Centro Regional Medical Center El Centro	750	4.07×	5
Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center Garden Grove	736	4.16×	1
San Ramon Regional Medical Center San Ramon	731	13.78×	1
Paradise Valley Hospital National City	708	3.22×	1
Sutter Solano Medical Center Vallejo	707	4.34×	2
Orange County Global Medical Center Santa Ana	678	4.71×	6
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital Los Angeles	667	11×	2
Memorial Hospital of Gardena Gardena	658	5.32×	–
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District Brawley	610	2.96×	–
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma	609	3.17×	1
St Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff	609	4.78×	3
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Ukiah	606	4.29×	2
Natividad Medical Center Salinas	605	5.37×	3
Alameda Hospital Alameda	604	5.7×	3
Doctors Hospital of Riverside, LLC Riverside	601	5.97×	–
Ahmc Anaheim Regional Medical Center Anaheim	599	5.38×	4
Sutter Davis Hospital Davis	598	4.38×	2
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center Alhambra	575	5.87×	–
Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Tracy	567	4.35×	2
Whittier Hospital Medical Center Whittier	540	5.38×	2
Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical Center Sylmar	528	2.5×	–
Tenet Health Central Coast Sierra Vista Rmc San Luis Obispo	520	10.77×	–
Sutter Amador Hospital Jackson	510	3.28×	2
St Rose Hospital Hayward	506	5.01×	7
Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville	506	7.51×	3
Chino Valley Medical Center Chino	493	3.79×	1
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fontana Fontana	470	3.38×	2
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Ctr San Pedro San Pedro	470	4.92×	–
Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville	452	3.31×	3
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma	448	6.93×	4
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles	446	2.54×	–
Novato Community Hospital Novato	446	3.92×	1
Coast Plaza Hospital Norwalk	437	5.18×	–
California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hosp San Francisco	427	3.89×	–
San Dimas Community Hospital San Dimas	426	4.87×	1
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento Sacramento	425	3.98×	2
Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City	408	3.21×	4
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Zion San Diego	407	2.95×	–
Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair	406	3.72×	1
Uci Health-Placentia Linda Placentia	404	13.68×	–
Kaiser Foundation Hosp So Sacramento Sacramento	396	4.01×	–
College Medical Center Long Beach	393	2.6×	3
John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital Indio	390	10.31×	3
Huntington Beach Hospital Huntington Beach	380	4.98×	1
Fresno Surgical Hospital Fresno	376	2.05×	3
Doctors Hospital of Manteca Manteca	372	14.27×	1
Lompoc Valley Medical Center Lompoc	371	3.21×	3
Encino Hospital Medical Center Encino	353	4.51×	2
California Hospital Medical Center La Los Angeles	341	4.15×	–
San Joaquin General Hospital French Camp	333	7.16×	2
Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr Ctr Coronado	323	6.67×	–
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland	315	5.38×	2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville Roseville	307	4.05×	2
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Martinez	305	1.56×	2
Good Samaritan Hospital Bakersfield	292	2.95×	–
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Santa Barbara	280	5.09×	–
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey	269	3.14×	–
Ahmc Seton Medical Center Daly City	258	6.77×	4
Adventist Health Tulare Tulare	250	4.07×	2
Greater El Monte Community Hospital South El Monte	247	4.65×	3
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara Santa Clara	235	2.7×	–
Kern Medical Center Bakersfield	233	2.5×	6
Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center Vallejo	232	3.99×	–
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anahe Anaheim	231	2.83×	–
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch	230	3.5×	–
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City	219	3.13×	2
Saint Francis Memorial Hospital San Francisco	219	6.35×	4
Community Hospital of Huntington Park Huntington Park	212	6.04×	2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West La Los Angeles	210	3.97×	–
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose San Jose	199	3.2×	2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City	196	2.64×	–
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Manteca Manteca	195	3.25×	3
Dameron Hospital Stockton	182	10.28×	2
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning	173	4.86×	–
Adventist Health Delano Delano	172	2.09×	1
Memorial Hospital Los Banos Los Banos	172	1.6×	2
Chapman Global Medical Center Orange	154	4.09×	3
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco	136	2.01×	–
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek	131	3.07×	–
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Sun Valley	123	1.83×	5
Anaheim Community Hospital, LLC Anaheim	122	2.29×	–
Barton Memorial Hospital South Lake Tahoe	119	4.5×	–
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park	119	2.81×	–
Menifee Global Medical Center Sun City	118	3.04×	3
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino	116	5.6×	2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco	115	1.4×	–
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Los Angeles	113	4.7×	2
Hi-Desert Medical Center Joshua Tree	112	6.26×	2
Colusa Medical Center Colusa	110	1.69×	2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro	109	2.85×	2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Riverside Riverside	106	2.89×	–
Sonoma Valley Hospital Sonoma	101	5.6×	4
Monterey Park Hospital Monterey Park	96	9.12×	1
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City	95	2.97×	2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville Vacaville	87	3.83×	2
College Hospital Costa Mesa Costa Mesa	80	2.98×	6
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos San Marcos	79	2.58×	2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Rosa Santa Rosa	74	2.15×	2
Chinese Hospital San Francisco	73	3.73×	4
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno Fresno	73	4.31×	2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont	72	2.01×	2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills	69	4.46×	–
Barstow Community Hospital Barstow	66	5.61×	–
Docs Surgical Hospital Los Angeles	58	6.6×	–
South Coast Global Medical Center Santa Ana	52	4.15×	3
Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center San Francisco	46	3.43×	4
Anaheim Global Medical Center Anaheim	43	3.12×	4
Casa Colina Hospital Pomona	43	3.59×	–
Sutter Surgical Hospital - North Valley Yuba City	37	4.59×	2
Mad River Community Hospital Arcata	33	3.63×	–
Kaiser Foundation Hospital San Rafael	28	3.25×	–
Oak Valley Hospital District Oakdale	26	4.72×	4
San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo	26	2.4×	2
Adventist Health Reedley Reedley	24	1.58×	2
Lac/Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Ctr Downey	23	1.35×	–
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Moreno Valley Moreno Valley	18	2.24×	2
Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Santa Cruz	13	4.81×	1
Children's Hosp of Los Angeles Los Angeles	0	–	–
Children's Hospital of Orange County Orange	0	–	6
City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital Duarte	0	–	2
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Loma Linda	0	–	–
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp at Stanford Palo Alto	0	–	–
Memorial Care Miller Children's & Women's Hosp Lb Long Beach	0	–	–
Monrovia Memorial Hospital Monrovia	0	–	3
Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility Long Beach	0	–	3
Palo Verde Hospital Blythe	0	–	1
Patients' Hospital of Redding Redding	0	–	3
Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego	0	–	4
Stanislaus Surgical Hospital Modesto	0	–	–
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Oakland	0	–	–
Usc Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles	0	–	2
Valley Children's Hospital Madera	0	–	2
Vibra Hospital of Sacramento Folsom	0	–	3

Price-transparency enforcement in California

329 closure notices, 321 “met requirements” findings, 313 warning notices, 161 corrective-action-plan requests, 2 administrative closures, 1 civil-penalty notice — CMS's actions under the hospital price-transparency rule since 2021. See the enforcement page for what each step means.

Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.