Cellulitis without major complications in California
What 154 hospitals in California charged and were paid for a Medicare hospital stay for cellulitis without major complications (DRG 603), from 2024 Medicare claims.
Average charge
$63,602
Hospital list price billed
Average payment
$10,797
Medicare + patient + other payers
Medicare paid
$8,576
Average per stay
State rank
#46 of 50
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in California billed an average of $63,602 for cellulitis without major complications, about 5.9 times the average total payment of $10,797. That payment is 25% above the U.S. average of $8,642.
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 $10,797Billed $63,602
About 17¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in California billed for this stay.
Medicare prices this stay in 2 versions, by how sick the patient was. Compare them in California:
California hospitals: cellulitis without major 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 | 157 | $136,479 | $12,234 | $9,031 |
| Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville | 113 | $45,178 | $9,401 | $7,617 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach | 103 | $32,975 | $8,560 | $7,269 |
| Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa | 102 | $66,136 | $10,587 | $7,897 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance | 95 | $71,633 | $8,402 | $6,942 |
| Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey | 94 | $69,873 | $12,510 | $8,559 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek | 87 | $81,226 | $9,910 | $8,296 |
| Stanford HospitalPalo Alto | 76 | $130,192 | $18,140 | $11,419 |
| Kaweah Delta Medical CenterVisalia | 73 | $29,104 | $10,219 | $8,525 |
| Eisenhower Memorial HospitalRancho Mirage | 72 | $51,675 | $10,021 | $7,715 |
| Memorial Medical CenterModesto | 67 | $48,959 | $9,203 | $7,263 |
| Enloe Medical CenterChico | 64 | $57,639 | $8,615 | $7,188 |
| University of California San Diego Medical CenterSan Diego | 63 | $51,717 | $17,295 | $10,470 |
| Hollywood Community Hospital of HollywoodLos Angeles | 60 | $50,152 | $9,541 | $8,507 |
| Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego | 59 | $61,410 | $10,279 | $8,007 |
| Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz | 59 | $88,105 | $9,599 | $8,133 |
| El Camino HospitalMountain View | 58 | $88,887 | $10,477 | $8,516 |
| Huntington Memorial HospitalPasadena | 58 | $64,503 | $9,099 | $7,765 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital la JollaLa Jolla | 57 | $44,871 | $8,583 | $7,152 |
| Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis | 57 | $44,824 | $9,996 | $6,873 |
| San Francisco General HospitalSan Francisco | 56 | $74,924 | $19,111 | $16,695 |
| Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno | 53 | $33,146 | $10,158 | $8,280 |
| Sutter General HospitalSacramento | 52 | $45,588 | $11,232 | $9,320 |
| Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose | 50 | $67,543 | $16,428 | $14,410 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank | 50 | $59,278 | $9,062 | $7,633 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael | 50 | $52,022 | $9,787 | $8,558 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas | 49 | $33,173 | $7,990 | $6,879 |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med CenterMission Viejo | 49 | $38,262 | $8,699 | $6,894 |
| Salinas Valley Memorial HospitalSalinas | 47 | $72,408 | $10,335 | $9,111 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord | 47 | $91,346 | $11,179 | $8,320 |
| Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae | 45 | $76,593 | $10,131 | $8,789 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara | 45 | $50,238 | $9,463 | $8,219 |
| Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego | 44 | $43,864 | $10,935 | $7,744 |
| Washington HospitalFremont | 44 | $74,055 | $9,877 | $8,540 |
| UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco | 44 | $75,865 | $16,048 | $12,362 |
| Community Regional Medical CenterFresno | 42 | $44,994 | $10,466 | $8,566 |
| Rideout Memorial HospitalMarysville | 42 | $63,788 | $9,493 | $8,134 |
| University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento | 42 | $81,980 | $14,720 | $10,217 |
| Providence Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana | 41 | $56,426 | $8,957 | $7,337 |
| Palomar Medical CenterEscondido | 39 | $67,263 | $8,398 | $6,929 |
| Glendale Adventist Medical CtrGlendale | 39 | $70,064 | $9,443 | $7,878 |
| Northbay Medical CenterFairfield | 38 | $90,747 | $10,798 | $9,412 |
| Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks | 38 | $88,526 | $9,573 | $7,220 |
| Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica | 37 | $41,670 | $9,236 | $6,549 |
| Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda | 37 | $70,272 | $15,905 | $11,499 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa | 36 | $63,006 | $11,160 | $8,878 |
| Marshall Medical Center (1-Rh)Placerville | 36 | $67,723 | $8,880 | $7,565 |
| Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla | 36 | $28,813 | $11,332 | $8,032 |
| Mercy Medical Ctr MercedMerced | 36 | $70,968 | $9,794 | $8,141 |
| Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles | 36 | $39,288 | $9,354 | $8,220 |
| St Jude Medical CenterFullerton | 34 | $41,063 | $8,650 | $6,933 |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus HospSan Francisco | 32 | $34,206 | $10,776 | $9,490 |
| San Antonio Community HospitalUpland | 32 | $61,860 | $8,725 | $7,273 |
| Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding | 32 | $61,678 | $9,344 | $7,593 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance | 32 | $53,565 | $11,305 | $6,636 |
| St Joseph HospitalEureka | 31 | $58,495 | $11,265 | $8,161 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista | 31 | $60,645 | $9,587 | $8,113 |
| Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina | 31 | $48,179 | $9,226 | $7,901 |
| Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica | 30 | $50,510 | $11,667 | $8,573 |
| Sutter Medical Center of Santa RosaSanta Rosa | 30 | $50,490 | $11,953 | $9,472 |
| Highland HospitalOakland | 30 | $61,423 | $17,276 | $14,744 |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta | 30 | $45,461 | $10,154 | $8,420 |
| Marian Medical CenterSanta Maria | 29 | $45,697 | $9,271 | $7,628 |
| Long Beach Memorial Medical CenterLong Beach | 29 | $72,348 | $9,950 | $8,532 |
| St Joseph HospitalOrange | 28 | $29,653 | $11,238 | $6,888 |
| USC Arcadia HospitalArcadia | 28 | $73,718 | $7,891 | $5,936 |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley | 28 | $42,291 | $10,840 | $8,845 |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Pacific Campus HospSan Francisco | 27 | $38,570 | $13,657 | $8,438 |
| Saddleback Memorial Medical CenterLaguna Hills | 27 | $52,499 | $8,315 | $7,046 |
| Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame | 26 | $34,894 | $10,645 | $8,228 |
| Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa | 26 | $65,807 | $10,647 | $8,941 |
| St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard | 26 | $38,788 | $9,629 | $6,990 |
| Simi Valley Hospital & Health Care ServicesSimi Valley | 25 | $56,758 | $8,194 | $6,850 |
| Mercy Hospital of FolsomFolsom | 25 | $67,369 | $9,870 | $7,745 |
| Desert Valley HospitalVictorville | 25 | $27,941 | $9,080 | $7,496 |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr - St. Luke's CampusSan Francisco | 23 | $32,201 | $11,292 | $10,064 |
| Parkview Community Hospital Medical CenterRiverside | 23 | $52,804 | $9,436 | $8,158 |
| West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim | 23 | $35,593 | $9,817 | $8,308 |
| Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield | 22 | $53,771 | $9,175 | $8,131 |
| Lodi Memorial HospitalLodi | 22 | $111,310 | $9,126 | $7,865 |
| UCI Health-OrangeOrange | 22 | $49,566 | $14,814 | $11,704 |
| Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose | 22 | $173,845 | $9,909 | $8,946 |
| Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield | 22 | $62,398 | $8,675 | $7,338 |
| Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley | 22 | $51,025 | $10,171 | $8,978 |
| Mercy General HospitalSacramento | 21 | $46,924 | $9,669 | $8,462 |
| White Memorial Medical CenterLos Angeles | 21 | $95,771 | $11,471 | $9,978 |
| Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles | 21 | $47,868 | $23,396 | $19,002 |
| Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura | 21 | $19,443 | $9,518 | $7,973 |
| Doctors Medical CenterModesto | 21 | $182,818 | $10,187 | $7,665 |
| Los Alamitos Medical CenterLos Alamitos | 21 | $99,264 | $8,381 | $6,829 |
| Whittier Hospital Medical CenterWhittier | 21 | $37,484 | $9,332 | $8,052 |
| Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula | 21 | $66,894 | $12,062 | $10,091 |
| St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino | 20 | $70,133 | $10,705 | $9,064 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley | 20 | $54,676 | $9,151 | $7,927 |
| PIH Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier | 20 | $63,178 | $12,758 | $7,066 |
| Riverside County Regional Medical CenterMoreno Valley | 20 | $63,107 | $13,324 | $11,520 |
| St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley | 20 | $43,525 | $9,430 | $8,039 |
| Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale | 19 | $56,433 | $10,698 | $6,035 |
| Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside | 19 | $41,466 | $8,744 | $7,612 |
| Ventura County Medical CenterVentura | 19 | $80,094 | $11,662 | $9,971 |
| St Mary's Medical CenterSan Francisco | 19 | $64,327 | $12,561 | $10,954 |
| West Hills Hospital & Medical CenterWest Hills | 19 | $109,429 | $9,145 | $7,078 |
| Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn | 19 | $31,706 | $9,312 | $8,109 |
| Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding | 19 | $35,581 | $8,502 | $7,196 |
| College Medical CenterLong Beach | 19 | $40,515 | $10,575 | $9,461 |
| St Josephs Med Center of StocktonStockton | 18 | $85,505 | $11,605 | $10,000 |
| Sutter Solano Medical CenterVallejo | 18 | $47,588 | $11,059 | $9,519 |
| Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs | 18 | $97,956 | $10,496 | $8,750 |
| Fountain Valley Regional Hospital & Medical CenterFountain Valley | 18 | $148,068 | $9,445 | $8,132 |
| Lakewood Regional Medical CenterLakewood | 18 | $94,260 | $8,715 | $7,239 |
| Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial HospitalValencia | 18 | $95,909 | $11,980 | $6,939 |
| San Ramon Regional Medical CtrSan Ramon | 18 | $150,706 | $9,504 | $7,541 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalLos Angeles | 18 | $179,458 | $12,944 | $11,755 |
| Riverside Community HospitalRiverside | 17 | $98,177 | $11,735 | $9,648 |
| Good Samaritan HospitalBakersfield | 17 | $27,008 | $7,940 | $6,596 |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr CtrCoronado | 16 | $75,885 | $9,014 | $6,286 |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton | 16 | $79,854 | $10,250 | $8,924 |
| Foothill Presbyterian HospitalGlendora | 16 | $43,010 | $8,938 | $7,378 |
| Orange Coast Memorial Medical CenterFountain Valley | 16 | $110,916 | $12,211 | $7,853 |
| Marina del Rey HospitalMarina del Rey | 16 | $51,162 | $8,746 | $7,420 |
| Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles | 15 | $46,477 | $9,851 | $8,200 |
| Alameda HospitalAlameda | 15 | $54,195 | $9,894 | $8,588 |
| French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo | 15 | $50,202 | $8,541 | $6,909 |
| Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton | 15 | $64,480 | $14,494 | $12,741 |
| Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterMartinez | 15 | $42,096 | $26,963 | $15,397 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge | 14 | $89,048 | $9,902 | $8,441 |
| Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys | 14 | $32,535 | $9,842 | $8,793 |
| Lac/Harbor-UCLA Med CenterTorrance | 14 | $49,654 | $24,031 | $18,444 |
| Coast Plaza HospitalNorwalk | 14 | $39,698 | $9,299 | $8,133 |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland | 13 | $54,653 | $11,229 | $8,081 |
| Lompoc Healthcare DistrictLompoc | 13 | $38,353 | $13,104 | $11,723 |
| Mercy HospitalBakersfield | 13 | $42,021 | $9,099 | $7,467 |
| Memorial Hospital of GardenaGardena | 13 | $38,903 | $9,547 | $7,729 |
| Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles | 13 | $42,379 | $9,674 | $8,312 |
| La Palma Intercommunity HospBuena Park | 13 | $30,328 | $9,203 | $7,948 |
| Paradise Valley HospitalNational City | 12 | $28,369 | $10,311 | $9,767 |
| Hanford Community Medical CenterHanford | 12 | $49,298 | $9,165 | $7,722 |
| Petaluma Valley HospitalPetaluma | 12 | $57,989 | $9,608 | $8,699 |
| Redlands Community HospitalRedlands | 12 | $77,992 | $10,043 | $7,069 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills | 12 | $69,157 | $9,869 | $8,407 |
| Kern Medical CenterBakersfield | 12 | $26,739 | $13,982 | $12,137 |
| Downey Regional Medical CenterDowney | 12 | $44,249 | $9,422 | $7,846 |
| USC University HospitalLos Angeles | 12 | $51,170 | $16,278 | $9,247 |
| Foothill Regional Medical CenterTustin | 12 | $63,908 | $8,957 | $7,563 |
| St Elizabeth Community HospitalRed Bluff | 11 | $47,548 | $9,752 | $8,566 |
| Novato Community HospitalNovato | 11 | $35,807 | $9,524 | $8,188 |
| Natividad Medical CenterSalinas | 11 | $61,886 | $11,861 | $10,271 |
| Sierra View District HospitalPorterville | 11 | $35,526 | $10,849 | $8,603 |
| UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles | 11 | $48,085 | $16,339 | $10,637 |
| Sutter Tracy Community HospitalTracy | 11 | $41,691 | $9,596 | $7,964 |
| Corona Regional Medical CenterCorona | 11 | $57,249 | $9,312 | $7,677 |
| Sonora Community HospitalSonora | 11 | $77,513 | $9,640 | $8,011 |
| UCI Health-Placentia LindaPlacentia | 11 | $127,658 | $8,423 | $6,887 |
| Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood | 11 | $36,495 | $10,308 | $6,746 |
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
| USC Arcadia HospitalArcadia, CA | $7,891 |
|---|---|
| Good Samaritan HospitalBakersfield, CA | $7,940 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas, CA | $7,990 |
| Simi Valley Hospital & Health Care ServicesSimi Valley, CA | $8,194 |
| Saddleback Memorial Medical CenterLaguna Hills, CA | $8,315 |
Highest
| Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterMartinez, CA | $26,963 |
|---|---|
| Lac/Harbor-UCLA Med CenterTorrance, CA | $24,031 |
| Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA | $23,396 |
| San Francisco General HospitalSan Francisco, CA | $19,111 |
| Stanford HospitalPalo Alto, CA | $18,140 |
Cellulitis without major complications in other states
Questions
How much does cellulitis without major complications cost in California?
In 2024 Medicare data, a hospital stay for cellulitis without major complications (DRG 603) at 154 hospitals in California was billed at $63,602 on average, while the average total payment was $10,797, of which Medicare paid $8,576. 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 5.9 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.