Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with complications in California
What 108 hospitals in California charged and were paid for a Medicare hospital stay for acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with complications (DRG 281), from 2024 Medicare claims.
Average charge
$85,836
Hospital list price billed
Average payment
$11,074
Medicare + patient + other payers
Medicare paid
$8,925
Average per stay
State rank
#47 of 49
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in California billed an average of $85,836 for acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with complications, about 7.8 times the average total payment of $11,074. That payment is 25% above the U.S. average of $8,829.
These are averages for patients with original (fee-for-service) Medicare. Private insurance pays different, negotiated prices, and what you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Use these figures to compare hospitals, not as a quote.
Paid $11,074Billed $85,836
About 13¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in California billed for this stay.
Medicare prices this stay in 3 versions, by how sick the patient was. Compare them in California:
California hospitals: acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with complications
Every California hospital that billed Medicare for this stay at least 11 times. Click a column to sort.
| Hospital | Stays | Avg charge | Avg payment | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles | 62 | $147,242 | $12,105 | $9,680 |
| Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville | 53 | $68,517 | $9,853 | $7,929 |
| Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae | 52 | $110,741 | $10,422 | $9,041 |
| Riverside Community HospitalRiverside | 47 | $123,778 | $14,617 | $9,939 |
| Glendale Adventist Medical CtrGlendale | 45 | $81,450 | $10,030 | $8,759 |
| Eisenhower Memorial HospitalRancho Mirage | 44 | $69,280 | $10,296 | $8,653 |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland | 43 | $58,887 | $10,815 | $9,092 |
| Rideout Memorial HospitalMarysville | 39 | $88,022 | $12,043 | $8,313 |
| Sutter General HospitalSacramento | 38 | $55,217 | $11,509 | $9,476 |
| Stanford HospitalPalo Alto | 37 | $165,316 | $15,879 | $12,355 |
| Mercy General HospitalSacramento | 35 | $84,752 | $9,944 | $8,552 |
| UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco | 35 | $102,495 | $17,071 | $13,423 |
| Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield | 34 | $54,550 | $9,048 | $7,750 |
| Kaweah Delta Medical CenterVisalia | 33 | $40,058 | $10,578 | $8,918 |
| El Camino HospitalMountain View | 33 | $124,019 | $10,511 | $8,848 |
| St Joseph HospitalEureka | 32 | $65,886 | $10,036 | $8,501 |
| Enloe Medical CenterChico | 32 | $136,820 | $8,926 | $7,600 |
| Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno | 31 | $48,145 | $10,400 | $8,872 |
| Sutter Medical Center of Santa RosaSanta Rosa | 30 | $75,686 | $12,038 | $10,298 |
| Sonora Community HospitalSonora | 30 | $92,707 | $10,175 | $8,924 |
| St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard | 29 | $61,756 | $9,299 | $8,058 |
| Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica | 29 | $48,899 | $8,935 | $7,376 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital la JollaLa Jolla | 28 | $76,638 | $8,952 | $7,362 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance | 28 | $81,828 | $9,084 | $7,422 |
| Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame | 27 | $67,443 | $11,568 | $8,454 |
| Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose | 27 | $180,142 | $14,015 | $8,629 |
| Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood | 27 | $42,857 | $10,110 | $8,227 |
| Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego | 26 | $76,722 | $10,903 | $8,077 |
| Emanuel Medical Center INCTurlock | 26 | $159,344 | $9,543 | $8,225 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas | 26 | $67,239 | $9,403 | $7,164 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge | 25 | $116,693 | $10,223 | $8,548 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills | 25 | $65,095 | $10,178 | $7,880 |
| Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks | 25 | $144,710 | $11,863 | $7,821 |
| Orange Coast Memorial Medical CenterFountain Valley | 25 | $87,942 | $9,561 | $6,911 |
| Providence Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana | 25 | $60,384 | $9,356 | $7,668 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord | 24 | $114,227 | $10,899 | $9,537 |
| Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa | 23 | $73,554 | $9,796 | $8,448 |
| St Josephs Med Center of StocktonStockton | 23 | $118,513 | $12,518 | $10,671 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa | 23 | $89,566 | $10,846 | $9,473 |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med CenterMission Viejo | 23 | $64,809 | $9,955 | $6,998 |
| Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego | 22 | $64,604 | $11,533 | $8,800 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - los AngelesLos Angeles | 22 | $44,885 | $19,244 | $7,257 |
| Northbay Medical CenterFairfield | 22 | $140,450 | $11,054 | $9,634 |
| Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding | 22 | $40,054 | $8,759 | $7,631 |
| University of California San Diego Medical CenterSan Diego | 21 | $64,233 | $16,384 | $10,882 |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Pacific Campus HospSan Francisco | 21 | $63,170 | $15,562 | $10,775 |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona | 21 | $96,200 | $10,146 | $8,885 |
| Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial HospitalValencia | 21 | $100,799 | $8,904 | $7,408 |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta | 21 | $51,860 | $9,982 | $8,903 |
| Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield | 20 | $58,551 | $9,906 | $8,136 |
| Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale | 20 | $58,036 | $10,055 | $8,668 |
| Community Regional Medical CenterFresno | 20 | $65,390 | $10,636 | $9,486 |
| Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside | 20 | $40,267 | $9,033 | $7,081 |
| Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding | 20 | $84,930 | $9,657 | $8,223 |
| Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina | 20 | $48,618 | $10,610 | $8,449 |
| Huntington Memorial HospitalPasadena | 20 | $85,334 | $9,534 | $7,969 |
| St Helena HospitalDeer Park | 19 | $85,521 | $9,949 | $8,746 |
| San Antonio Community HospitalUpland | 19 | $84,679 | $9,077 | $7,474 |
| Palomar Medical CenterEscondido | 19 | $99,998 | $7,795 | $6,757 |
| Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey | 19 | $89,187 | $13,391 | $8,434 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach | 19 | $40,872 | $8,958 | $7,567 |
| Doctors Medical CenterModesto | 19 | $185,254 | $9,774 | $8,503 |
| Long Beach Memorial Medical CenterLong Beach | 19 | $95,268 | $10,886 | $8,277 |
| University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento | 19 | $83,731 | $15,038 | $10,901 |
| St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino | 18 | $88,106 | $10,939 | $9,385 |
| Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles | 18 | $51,704 | $21,059 | $18,562 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara | 18 | $54,851 | $9,808 | $8,140 |
| White Memorial Medical CenterLos Angeles | 17 | $116,802 | $11,322 | $9,747 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank | 17 | $70,209 | $9,584 | $8,246 |
| Memorial Medical CenterModesto | 17 | $70,143 | $9,083 | $7,834 |
| Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula | 17 | $98,355 | $13,658 | $9,442 |
| PIH Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier | 16 | $85,383 | $8,697 | $7,795 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek | 15 | $103,811 | $10,035 | $8,614 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista | 15 | $85,131 | $9,947 | $8,315 |
| St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley | 15 | $44,474 | $9,456 | $8,034 |
| Salinas Valley Memorial HospitalSalinas | 15 | $96,656 | $10,891 | $9,476 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance | 15 | $61,393 | $9,646 | $8,005 |
| Hollywood Community Hospital of HollywoodLos Angeles | 14 | $80,338 | $9,644 | $8,245 |
| St Jude Medical CenterFullerton | 14 | $46,781 | $9,048 | $7,729 |
| St Mary Medical CenterLong Beach | 14 | $73,064 | $11,446 | $9,681 |
| Washington HospitalFremont | 14 | $95,701 | $10,610 | $9,408 |
| San Francisco General HospitalSan Francisco | 14 | $77,264 | $21,265 | $15,268 |
| UCI Health-OrangeOrange | 14 | $68,745 | $14,959 | $12,371 |
| Downey Regional Medical CenterDowney | 14 | $56,716 | $9,926 | $8,290 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael | 14 | $79,226 | $10,093 | $8,681 |
| San Ramon Regional Medical CtrSan Ramon | 14 | $208,782 | $9,809 | $8,293 |
| Marian Medical CenterSanta Maria | 13 | $60,314 | $9,782 | $8,327 |
| Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys | 13 | $35,510 | $10,279 | $9,149 |
| Simi Valley Hospital & Health Care ServicesSimi Valley | 13 | $73,272 | $8,511 | $6,689 |
| Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz | 13 | $122,896 | $9,934 | $9,055 |
| Lodi Memorial HospitalLodi | 13 | $85,892 | $9,168 | $7,507 |
| Lac/Harbor-UCLA Med CenterTorrance | 13 | $45,466 | $22,899 | $19,133 |
| Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis | 13 | $57,556 | $10,057 | $6,710 |
| John F Kennedy Memorial HospIndio | 13 | $144,577 | $10,039 | $8,658 |
| Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa | 12 | $91,088 | $11,783 | $8,736 |
| Hanford Community Medical CenterHanford | 12 | $42,186 | $9,530 | $8,398 |
| Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale | 12 | $80,844 | $8,765 | $7,798 |
| French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo | 12 | $71,667 | $8,841 | $7,209 |
| Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton | 12 | $81,480 | $14,067 | $12,628 |
| Highland HospitalOakland | 12 | $90,788 | $17,957 | $16,374 |
| Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose | 11 | $97,293 | $15,900 | $13,948 |
| St Joseph HospitalOrange | 11 | $39,545 | $10,139 | $8,428 |
| Palmdale Regional Medical CenterLancaster | 11 | $122,054 | $9,472 | $7,863 |
| Sierra View District HospitalPorterville | 11 | $30,962 | $10,373 | $8,782 |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley | 11 | $45,739 | $10,155 | $8,965 |
| West Hills Hospital & Medical CenterWest Hills | 11 | $169,443 | $8,870 | $7,831 |
| Fountain Valley Regional Hospital & Medical CenterFountain Valley | 11 | $132,334 | $9,619 | $7,962 |
| Saddleback Memorial Medical CenterLaguna Hills | 11 | $71,348 | $8,650 | $7,463 |
Lowest and highest payments in California
Among hospitals with at least 11 Medicare hospital stays. Differences reflect local wage costs, teaching status and how sick patients were, as well as price.
Lowest
| Palomar Medical CenterEscondido, CA | $7,795 |
|---|---|
| Simi Valley Hospital & Health Care ServicesSimi Valley, CA | $8,511 |
| Saddleback Memorial Medical CenterLaguna Hills, CA | $8,650 |
| PIH Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier, CA | $8,697 |
| Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding, CA | $8,759 |
Highest
| Lac/Harbor-UCLA Med CenterTorrance, CA | $22,899 |
|---|---|
| San Francisco General HospitalSan Francisco, CA | $21,265 |
| Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA | $21,059 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | $19,244 |
| Highland HospitalOakland, CA | $17,957 |
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with complications in other states
Questions
How much does acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with complications cost in California?
In 2024 Medicare data, a hospital stay for acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with complications (DRG 281) at 108 hospitals in California was billed at $85,836 on average, while the average total payment was $11,074, of which Medicare paid $8,925. Your own cost depends on your insurance, deductible and the hospital.
Why are hospital charges so much higher than payments?
Charges are a hospital's list prices. Medicare pays fixed rates set in advance, and private insurers negotiate their own discounts, so almost nobody pays the full charge. For this stay in California, average charges were 7.8 times the average payment. Uninsured patients can ask the hospital about its financial assistance (charity care) policy and cash prices.
Source: CMS, Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service, 2024. Average total payment includes Medicare's payment, the patient's deductible and coinsurance, and any other payer. CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 hospital stays for privacy. About the data.