Average charge
$19,065
Hospital list price billed
Average allowed
$2,420
Medicare's payment + patient's share
Medicare paid
$1,930
Average per service
State rank
#49 of 49
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in California billed an average of $19,065 for level 2 upper gi procedures, about 7.9 times the average medicare-allowed amount of $2,420 . That payment is 33% above the U.S. average of $1,815.
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 $2,420 Billed $19,065
About 13¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in California billed for this service.
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California hospitals: level 2 upper gi procedures
Every California hospital that billed Medicare for this service at least 11 times. Click a column to sort.
Hospital
Services
Avg charge
Avg allowed
Medicare paid
Stanford Hospital Palo Alto
883
$34,290
$2,672
$2,130
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles
768
$38,456
$2,317
$1,843
University of California San Diego Medical Center San Diego
674
$13,791
$2,336
$1,868
UCI Health-Orange Orange
661
$13,241
$2,329
$1,860
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach
660
$9,801
$2,332
$1,855
Community Regional Medical Center Fresno
578
$15,587
$2,334
$1,861
UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles
512
$11,601
$2,297
$1,825
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco
485
$20,460
$2,672
$2,128
USC University Hospital Los Angeles
465
$18,896
$2,327
$1,852
Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo
431
$6,815
$2,328
$1,879
California Pacific Medical Ctr-Pacific Campus Hosp San Francisco
387
$13,941
$2,693
$2,139
Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla
383
$16,575
$2,334
$1,871
Enloe Medical Center Chico
343
$17,254
$2,333
$1,864
University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento
342
$18,866
$2,361
$1,880
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa
334
$26,841
$2,665
$2,135
City of Hope Natl Medical Ctr Duarte
319
$35,041
$2,339
$1,869
Memorial Medical Center Modesto
285
$12,969
$2,313
$1,848
Eisenhower Memorial Hospital Rancho Mirage
262
$15,762
$2,325
$1,855
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus Walnut Creek
243
$38,562
$2,649
$2,118
El Camino Hospital Mountain View
233
$21,023
$2,670
$2,134
Sutter General Hospital Sacramento
225
$13,330
$2,648
$2,108
Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa Santa Rosa
225
$12,920
$2,531
$2,023
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton
212
$12,714
$2,331
$1,858
Clovis Community Medical Center Clovis
197
$17,864
$2,339
$1,870
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Santa Barbara
174
$15,862
$2,494
$1,984
Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital Santa Monica
153
$9,923
$2,315
$1,844
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula Monterey
152
$17,000
$2,679
$2,142
Grossmont Hospital La Mesa
143
$12,250
$2,339
$1,868
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton
142
$29,580
$2,664
$2,128
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda
142
$19,935
$2,339
$1,861
Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville
139
$12,809
$2,404
$1,912
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center Thousand Oaks
139
$38,324
$2,326
$1,853
Saint Agnes Medical Center Fresno
136
$11,868
$2,339
$1,865
Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego
130
$12,222
$2,314
$1,839
Marian Medical Center Santa Maria
129
$20,700
$2,325
$1,842
Oroville Hospital Oroville
128
$12,737
$2,339
$1,877
Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica
127
$11,450
$2,295
$1,827
Scripps Memorial Hospital la Jolla La Jolla
127
$17,237
$2,310
$1,843
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Ctr Burbank
121
$10,945
$2,339
$1,873
French Hospital Medical Center San Luis Obispo
118
$12,299
$2,319
$1,853
Torrance Memorial Medical Center Torrance
115
$19,204
$2,339
$1,863
Marshall Medical Center (1-Rh) Placerville
112
$16,622
$2,430
$1,944
Marinhealth Medical Center Greenbrae
112
$45,095
$2,657
$2,159
Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital Auburn
108
$11,959
$2,395
$1,938
Lodi Memorial Hospital Lodi
107
$27,808
$2,389
$1,912
Kaweah Delta Medical Center Visalia
102
$10,297
$2,321
$1,848
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City
99
$18,370
$2,658
$2,113
Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Santa Cruz
99
$12,282
$2,501
$1,999
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center Fountain Valley
96
$20,472
$2,309
$1,833
Hanford Community Medical Center Hanford
95
$15,812
$2,339
$1,866
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz
94
$17,592
$2,493
$1,991
Mercy Hospital Bakersfield
94
$19,595
$2,320
$1,846
St Josephs Med Center of Stockton Stockton
93
$25,251
$2,611
$2,080
Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame
92
$11,778
$2,720
$2,170
St Joseph Hospital Eureka
89
$21,614
$2,317
$1,844
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding
88
$6,532
$2,340
$1,858
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield
87
$14,359
$2,340
$1,858
St Helena Hospital Deer Park
82
$21,325
$2,442
$1,943
Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Tracy
82
$14,169
$2,389
$1,918
Sonora Community Hospital Sonora
82
$19,142
$2,505
$2,012
St Johns Regional Medical Center Oxnard
79
$8,770
$2,324
$1,862
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center San Jose
78
$19,461
$2,679
$2,141
John Muir Medical Center - Concord Campus Concord
71
$36,747
$2,649
$2,115
Sutter Davis Hospital Davis
71
$12,340
$2,403
$1,922
PIH Health Hospital-Whittier Whittier
70
$13,929
$2,340
$1,857
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr Torrance Torrance
68
$13,776
$2,339
$1,872
San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco
67
$25,014
$2,720
$2,163
Adventist Health Bakersfield Bakersfield
67
$12,124
$2,339
$1,868
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura Ventura
66
$12,291
$2,311
$1,836
Huntington Memorial Hospital Pasadena
66
$20,901
$2,339
$1,873
Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center San Luis Obispo
65
$26,014
$2,339
$1,862
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Pomona
64
$27,298
$2,339
$1,868
Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego
61
$15,859
$2,320
$1,845
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp Berkeley
61
$12,899
$2,642
$2,114
St Joseph Hospital Orange
60
$12,567
$2,339
$1,868
Glendale Adventist Medical Ctr Glendale
60
$22,477
$2,320
$1,853
Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas Encinitas
60
$17,439
$2,339
$1,870
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael
57
$17,240
$2,430
$1,938
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento
55
$14,127
$2,430
$1,943
Ukiah Valley Medical Center/Hospital D Ukiah
54
$7,830
$2,469
$1,958
Washington Hospital Fremont
52
$24,186
$2,679
$2,134
Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose
50
$54,052
$2,679
$2,138
Verdugo Hills Hospital Glendale
47
$10,898
$2,315
$1,842
Doctors Hospital of Manteca Manteca
46
$30,118
$2,348
$1,872
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Salinas
45
$21,180
$2,679
$2,138
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills
44
$12,541
$2,339
$1,865
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Long Beach
44
$29,627
$2,339
$1,864
Twin Cities Community Hospital Templeton
44
$19,952
$2,339
$1,875
Riverside Community Hospital Riverside
43
$20,993
$2,339
$1,866
Palomar Medical Center Escondido
43
$12,136
$1,906
$1,432
Antelope Valley Hospital Med Center Lancaster
42
$9,780
$2,255
$1,778
Sutter Delta Medical Center Antioch
39
$18,354
$2,649
$2,136
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Valencia
39
$20,360
$2,244
$1,768
San Antonio Community Hospital Upland
37
$15,594
$2,340
$1,859
Corona Regional Medical Center Corona
37
$17,223
$2,339
$1,873
Doctors Medical Center Modesto
36
$30,591
$2,339
$1,866
Emanuel Medical Center INC Turlock
35
$29,865
$2,336
$1,850
Lompoc Healthcare District Lompoc
34
$13,126
$2,339
$1,877
USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia
33
$10,254
$2,170
$1,677
Rideout Memorial Hospital Marysville
32
$17,991
$2,466
$1,973
Lac/Harbor-UCLA Med Center Torrance
32
$10,613
$2,340
$1,858
Simi Valley Hospital & Health Care Services Simi Valley
31
$12,443
$2,275
$1,811
Kern Medical Center Bakersfield
29
$8,625
$2,294
$1,828
Northbay Medical Center Fairfield
29
$48,169
$2,662
$2,116
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland
28
$13,003
$2,642
$2,110
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center Glendale
28
$20,344
$2,339
$1,865
West Hills Hospital & Medical Center West Hills
28
$57,895
$2,339
$1,864
Palmdale Regional Medical Center Lancaster
26
$28,184
$2,339
$1,866
Seton Medical Center Daly City
26
$28,342
$2,664
$2,117
Riverside County Regional Medical Center Moreno Valley
26
$21,683
$2,295
$1,810
Novato Community Hospital Novato
25
$13,676
$2,657
$2,133
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center Alhambra
25
$15,799
$2,340
$1,858
Barton Memorial Hospital South Lake Tahoe
25
$24,709
$2,430
$1,945
Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital Covina
25
$8,484
$2,340
$1,854
Monterey Park Hospital Monterey Park
25
$21,008
$2,340
$1,853
Sutter Solano Medical Center Vallejo
23
$11,704
$2,738
$2,181
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland
23
$11,980
$2,430
$1,944
Highland Hospital Oakland
21
$13,441
$2,643
$2,094
Eden Medical Center Castro Valley
21
$14,272
$2,642
$2,105
El Centro Regional Medical Center El Centro
20
$12,936
$2,281
$1,808
Sierra View District Hospital Porterville
20
$12,715
$2,339
$1,861
Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City
20
$13,721
$2,505
$2,021
Los Angeles General Medical Center Los Angeles
19
$6,785
$2,339
$1,861
UCI Health-Placentia LindaPlacentia
19
$21,576
$2,340
$1,855
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center San Gabriel
18
$8,337
$2,339
$1,864
John F Kennedy Memorial Hosp Indio
18
$17,422
$2,339
$1,866
College Medical Center Long Beach
18
$12,452
$2,339
$1,870
White Memorial Medical Center Los Angeles
17
$18,721
$2,340
$1,816
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Chula Vista
17
$9,380
$2,340
$1,859
Downey Regional Medical Center Downey
17
$15,572
$2,339
$1,877
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge
16
$22,122
$2,339
$1,864
Desert Regional Medical Center Palm Springs
16
$22,386
$2,339
$1,864
Los Alamitos Medical Center Los Alamitos
16
$23,203
$2,340
$1,859
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento
15
$17,604
$2,430
$1,939
Queen of the Valley Medical Center Napa
14
$19,361
$2,665
$2,133
Dameron Hospital Stockton
14
$30,268
$2,390
$1,895
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma
14
$14,478
$2,395
$1,897
Valley Presbyterian Hospital Van Nuys
13
$11,798
$2,340
$1,849
Redlands Community Hospital Redlands
13
$12,361
$2,340
$1,849
Lakewood Regional Medical Center Lakewood
13
$21,199
$2,339
$1,863
Southwest Healthcare System Murrieta
13
$10,940
$2,339
$1,864
Providence Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana
13
$22,419
$2,339
$1,864
Temecula Valley Hospital Temecula
13
$21,038
$2,339
$1,873
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom
12
$30,935
$2,430
$1,946
Mercy Medical Ctr Merced Merced
12
$18,689
$2,340
$1,847
Foothill Presbyterian Hospital Glendora
12
$14,171
$2,339
$1,883
Delano Regional Medical Center Delano
12
$5,150
$2,339
$1,864
San Ramon Regional Medical Ctr San Ramon
12
$28,622
$2,649
$2,122
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Ctr San Pedro Los Angeles
11
$9,786
$2,340
$1,847
Ventura County Medical Center Ventura
11
$7,403
$2,233
$1,779
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley
11
$7,970
$2,339
$1,864
Palomar Medical Center Poway Poway
11
$14,142
$2,000
$1,529
Coast Plaza Hospital Norwalk
11
$24,200
$2,209
$1,732
Casa Colina Hospital Pomona
11
$12,370
$2,339
$1,864
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Lowest and highest allowed amounts in California
Among hospitals with at least 11 Medicare services. Differences reflect local wage costs, teaching status and how sick patients were, as well as price.
Lowest
Palomar Medical Center Escondido, CA $1,906 Palomar Medical Center Poway Poway, CA $2,000 USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia, CA $2,170 Coast Plaza Hospital Norwalk, CA $2,209 Ventura County Medical Center Ventura, CA $2,233
Highest
Sutter Solano Medical Center Vallejo, CA $2,738 San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco, CA $2,720 Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame, CA $2,720 California Pacific Medical Ctr-Pacific Campus Hosp San Francisco, CA $2,693 Washington Hospital Fremont, CA $2,679
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures in other states
Questions
How much does level 2 upper gi procedures cost in California? In 2024 Medicare data, level 2 upper gi procedures (APC 5302) at 239 hospitals in California was billed at $19,065 on average, while the average medicare-allowed amount was $2,420, of which Medicare paid $1,930. 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 service in California, average charges were 7.9 times the average payment. Uninsured patients can ask the hospital about its financial assistance (charity care) policy and cash prices.
Source: CMS, Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service, 2024. The allowed amount is Medicare's payment plus the patient's coinsurance. CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 services for privacy. About the data .