Medical back problems without major complications in California
What 126 hospitals in California charged and were paid for a Medicare hospital stay for medical back problems without major complications (DRG 552), from 2024 Medicare claims.
Average charge
$86,027
Hospital list price billed
Average payment
$11,463
Medicare + patient + other payers
Medicare paid
$9,180
Average per stay
State rank
#44 of 47
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in California billed an average of $86,027 for medical back problems without major complications, about 7.5 times the average total payment of $11,463. That payment is 22% above the U.S. average of $9,373.
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 $11,463Billed $86,027
About 13¢ 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: medical back problems 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 | 146 | $170,720 | $13,859 | $9,846 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek | 111 | $96,787 | $10,536 | $8,896 |
| Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville | 107 | $71,044 | $10,919 | $8,544 |
| Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks | 89 | $111,246 | $10,199 | $8,230 |
| Huntington Memorial HospitalPasadena | 80 | $93,200 | $10,056 | $8,435 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital la JollaLa Jolla | 77 | $73,705 | $9,353 | $8,145 |
| Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa | 70 | $61,409 | $11,163 | $8,459 |
| Stanford HospitalPalo Alto | 67 | $148,493 | $16,017 | $12,479 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance | 66 | $81,395 | $9,353 | $7,940 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach | 65 | $36,952 | $9,371 | $8,090 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas | 65 | $54,695 | $9,487 | $7,689 |
| Community Regional Medical CenterFresno | 64 | $81,085 | $11,770 | $9,408 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara | 63 | $53,270 | $10,513 | $8,429 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank | 61 | $67,107 | $10,803 | $8,042 |
| Enloe Medical CenterChico | 59 | $86,047 | $9,160 | $7,804 |
| University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento | 59 | $127,331 | $17,453 | $11,054 |
| Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego | 58 | $102,224 | $14,340 | $8,754 |
| Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae | 55 | $119,350 | $10,760 | $9,306 |
| Eisenhower Memorial HospitalRancho Mirage | 54 | $62,110 | $10,513 | $8,657 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa | 53 | $128,720 | $11,387 | $9,916 |
| El Camino HospitalMountain View | 53 | $83,269 | $10,764 | $9,452 |
| Glendale Adventist Medical CtrGlendale | 49 | $75,790 | $10,401 | $8,894 |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med CenterMission Viejo | 49 | $59,165 | $11,073 | $7,657 |
| Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs | 48 | $183,165 | $13,168 | $8,991 |
| Simi Valley Hospital & Health Care ServicesSimi Valley | 46 | $98,524 | $10,178 | $7,698 |
| Riverside Community HospitalRiverside | 43 | $122,404 | $13,264 | $10,005 |
| Palomar Medical CenterEscondido | 43 | $134,214 | $8,182 | $7,113 |
| Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey | 42 | $62,480 | $10,767 | $9,485 |
| Southwest Healthcare SystemMurrieta | 42 | $93,217 | $10,998 | $9,078 |
| Memorial Medical CenterModesto | 41 | $72,301 | $11,797 | $8,027 |
| UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco | 40 | $103,448 | $19,752 | $13,432 |
| Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose | 39 | $183,669 | $12,404 | $8,238 |
| University of California San Diego Medical CenterSan Diego | 37 | $74,070 | $17,453 | $11,601 |
| Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz | 37 | $99,663 | $10,475 | $9,064 |
| Los Alamitos Medical CenterLos Alamitos | 36 | $118,311 | $9,113 | $7,663 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista | 35 | $75,599 | $10,336 | $9,077 |
| Long Beach Memorial Medical CenterLong Beach | 35 | $87,489 | $10,749 | $9,124 |
| Providence Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana | 34 | $62,895 | $9,773 | $8,147 |
| Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego | 33 | $67,926 | $11,492 | $9,059 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge | 33 | $109,443 | $10,366 | $8,829 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord | 33 | $89,465 | $10,783 | $9,348 |
| Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles | 33 | $37,355 | $10,166 | $8,980 |
| Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame | 32 | $49,277 | $11,692 | $9,024 |
| Marian Medical CenterSanta Maria | 32 | $55,017 | $10,367 | $8,771 |
| Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica | 32 | $46,332 | $9,141 | $7,571 |
| Salinas Valley Memorial HospitalSalinas | 31 | $83,634 | $11,262 | $9,658 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance | 31 | $52,864 | $10,052 | $8,142 |
| Orange Coast Memorial Medical CenterFountain Valley | 31 | $72,094 | $9,533 | $7,879 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael | 30 | $84,163 | $10,332 | $9,005 |
| Fountain Valley Regional Hospital & Medical CenterFountain Valley | 30 | $117,732 | $9,836 | $8,666 |
| Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood | 30 | $37,377 | $10,657 | $9,148 |
| Regional Medical Center of San JoseSan Jose | 29 | $182,425 | $12,253 | $10,677 |
| Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding | 29 | $108,643 | $13,469 | $8,700 |
| Oroville HospitalOroville | 28 | $25,888 | $9,411 | $8,303 |
| Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose | 28 | $71,018 | $16,626 | $14,498 |
| Ventura County Medical CenterVentura | 27 | $93,968 | $12,358 | $9,928 |
| Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis | 27 | $50,078 | $9,521 | $8,003 |
| St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard | 26 | $61,206 | $9,860 | $8,215 |
| St Jude Medical CenterFullerton | 26 | $56,285 | $9,279 | $7,926 |
| USC Arcadia HospitalArcadia | 26 | $64,136 | $8,604 | $7,141 |
| Doctors Medical CenterModesto | 26 | $171,366 | $12,620 | $8,303 |
| Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina | 25 | $53,076 | $10,883 | $8,911 |
| Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley | 25 | $67,461 | $11,279 | $9,966 |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland | 24 | $54,117 | $10,688 | $9,442 |
| Hollywood Community Hospital of HollywoodLos Angeles | 24 | $50,865 | $10,265 | $9,245 |
| Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla | 24 | $37,229 | $13,298 | $8,972 |
| Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica | 23 | $67,518 | $11,780 | $9,934 |
| Riverside County Regional Medical CenterMoreno Valley | 23 | $100,030 | $14,135 | $12,913 |
| UCI Health-OrangeOrange | 23 | $94,529 | $15,322 | $12,679 |
| Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura | 23 | $22,978 | $10,857 | $9,053 |
| Washington HospitalFremont | 22 | $82,752 | $10,843 | $9,472 |
| Highland HospitalOakland | 22 | $92,687 | $18,591 | $16,749 |
| St Joseph HospitalOrange | 21 | $36,727 | $10,573 | $8,447 |
| Northbay Medical CenterFairfield | 21 | $118,166 | $11,866 | $10,451 |
| Lakewood Regional Medical CenterLakewood | 21 | $112,378 | $9,798 | $8,527 |
| West Hills Hospital & Medical CenterWest Hills | 20 | $122,267 | $9,560 | $8,256 |
| Mission Community Hospital - PanoramaPanorama City | 20 | $50,260 | $10,927 | $9,404 |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Pacific Campus HospSan Francisco | 19 | $58,586 | $15,565 | $11,099 |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr - St. Luke's CampusSan Francisco | 19 | $46,626 | $12,231 | $10,656 |
| Kaweah Delta Medical CenterVisalia | 19 | $49,006 | $11,305 | $9,319 |
| San Francisco General HospitalSan Francisco | 19 | $101,735 | $20,304 | $17,254 |
| Saddleback Memorial Medical CenterLaguna Hills | 19 | $75,160 | $9,820 | $7,494 |
| Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa | 18 | $88,813 | $11,559 | $9,900 |
| PIH Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier | 18 | $110,697 | $12,987 | $10,422 |
| Natividad Medical CenterSalinas | 18 | $76,272 | $13,262 | $11,581 |
| UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles | 18 | $74,825 | $19,400 | $13,878 |
| Sutter Medical Center of Santa RosaSanta Rosa | 18 | $55,117 | $13,608 | $10,183 |
| West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim | 18 | $34,582 | $11,656 | $8,588 |
| Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial HospitalValencia | 18 | $94,835 | $8,935 | $7,575 |
| Marina del Rey HospitalMarina del Rey | 18 | $70,043 | $8,978 | $7,890 |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus HospSan Francisco | 17 | $41,177 | $11,706 | $10,105 |
| Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno | 17 | $40,395 | $11,073 | $9,485 |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona | 17 | $107,710 | $12,178 | $8,030 |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley | 17 | $54,133 | $11,529 | $10,177 |
| Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda | 17 | $93,824 | $15,229 | $11,993 |
| Garfield Medical CenterMonterey Park | 17 | $81,477 | $10,137 | $8,337 |
| Sutter General HospitalSacramento | 16 | $47,898 | $11,964 | $10,336 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills | 16 | $72,050 | $10,804 | $8,226 |
| Palomar Medical Center PowayPoway | 16 | $84,014 | $8,642 | $7,316 |
| San Ramon Regional Medical CtrSan Ramon | 16 | $169,357 | $10,348 | $9,124 |
| Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula | 16 | $98,810 | $13,555 | $9,687 |
| Antelope Valley Hospital Med CenterLancaster | 15 | $54,280 | $10,419 | $8,885 |
| Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles | 15 | $50,662 | $10,757 | $9,326 |
| Palmdale Regional Medical CenterLancaster | 15 | $93,340 | $10,309 | $9,052 |
| Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton | 15 | $66,756 | $15,968 | $13,734 |
| Orange County Global Medical CenterSanta Ana | 15 | $57,003 | $10,494 | $9,183 |
| Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding | 15 | $41,392 | $9,313 | $7,776 |
| San Antonio Community HospitalUpland | 14 | $71,730 | $9,851 | $7,653 |
| Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale | 14 | $61,894 | $8,980 | $7,568 |
| Mercy Hospital of FolsomFolsom | 14 | $73,358 | $11,809 | $7,506 |
| St Mary's Medical CenterSan Francisco | 14 | $81,783 | $14,512 | $12,472 |
| UCI Health-Placentia LindaPlacentia | 14 | $109,362 | $9,558 | $7,870 |
| Desert Valley HospitalVictorville | 14 | $33,385 | $9,876 | $8,458 |
| Foothill Regional Medical CenterTustin | 13 | $45,514 | $9,681 | $8,425 |
| White Memorial Medical CenterLos Angeles | 12 | $111,549 | $12,680 | $10,908 |
| Lompoc Healthcare DistrictLompoc | 12 | $28,433 | $10,382 | $9,022 |
| Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside | 12 | $40,857 | $8,924 | $7,688 |
| St Mary Medical CenterLong Beach | 12 | $60,052 | $10,039 | $8,782 |
| Marshall Medical Center (1-Rh)Placerville | 12 | $61,129 | $9,925 | $8,429 |
| USC University HospitalLos Angeles | 12 | $57,297 | $15,469 | $10,293 |
| Saint Francis Medical CenterLynwood | 11 | $42,938 | $11,193 | $10,006 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley | 11 | $55,564 | $9,697 | $8,510 |
| Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles | 11 | $46,493 | $10,411 | $9,127 |
| Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn | 11 | $41,882 | $10,458 | $9,122 |
| Sierra Vista Regional Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo | 11 | $102,331 | $9,316 | $7,981 |
| Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks | 11 | $21,089 | $10,085 | $9,046 |
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 | $8,182 |
|---|---|
| USC Arcadia HospitalArcadia, CA | $8,604 |
| Palomar Medical Center PowayPoway, CA | $8,642 |
| Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside, CA | $8,924 |
| Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial HospitalValencia, CA | $8,935 |
Highest
| San Francisco General HospitalSan Francisco, CA | $20,304 |
|---|---|
| UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA | $19,752 |
| UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA | $19,400 |
| Highland HospitalOakland, CA | $18,591 |
| University of California San Diego Medical CenterSan Diego, CA | $17,453 |
Medical back problems without major complications in other states
Questions
How much does medical back problems without major complications cost in California?
In 2024 Medicare data, a hospital stay for medical back problems without major complications (DRG 552) at 126 hospitals in California was billed at $86,027 on average, while the average total payment was $11,463, of which Medicare paid $9,180. 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 7.5 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.