How many California hospitals publish their prices?

73 California hospitals publish machine-readable price files covering 208 procedures and 252 payers — 216,156 negotiated rate rows in total. Browse them by procedure, payer, or hospital below.

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Pick a procedure to see every California hospital's negotiated rate side by side, sorted from cheapest to most expensive, with cash prices and gross charges. All data comes from hospitals' own price transparency files.

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California hospital prices

What California hospitals charge across every procedure they publish in their federally-mandated machine-readable file.

Hospitals

Procedures

208

Payers

252

Rate rows

216,156

Top procedures in California

By number of California hospitals reporting (≥2). Click for the national distribution.

Procedure	Type	Code	California hospitals	California median
Heart failure & shock w MCC	MS-DRG	291	40	$13,425
Kidney/UTI w/o MCC	MS-DRG	690	40	$8,653.76
Hip & femur procedures except major joint w CC	MS-DRG	481	40	$21,470
Cardiac arrhythmia w MCC	MS-DRG	308	40	$12,642
Hip & femur procedures except major joint w MCC	MS-DRG	480	40	$30,262
Major small/large bowel procedures w CC	MS-DRG	330	40	$25,809
Cardiac arrhythmia w CC	MS-DRG	309	40	$8,042.86
COPD w CC	MS-DRG	191	40	$9,278.5
Kidney/UTI w MCC	MS-DRG	689	40	$12,213
Heart failure & shock w CC	MS-DRG	292	40	$9,177.21
Simple pneumonia & pleurisy w CC	MS-DRG	194	40	$8,972.5
Major small/large bowel procedures w MCC	MS-DRG	329	40	$48,018
COPD w MCC	MS-DRG	190	40	$11,701
GI hemorrhage w CC	MS-DRG	378	40	$10,450
Respiratory infections & inflammations w MCC	MS-DRG	177	39	$17,777
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o CDE w MCC	MS-DRG	418	39	$17,604
Major joint replacement w/o MCC	MS-DRG	470	39	$19,891
Major joint replacement w MCC	MS-DRG	469	39	$31,444
OR procedure for obesity w MCC	MS-DRG	619	38	$30,920
OR procedure for obesity w CC	MS-DRG	620	38	$17,907
Fractures of femur w/o MCC	MS-DRG	533	38	$15,946
Psychoses	MS-DRG	885	38	$13,998
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o CDE w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	420	38	$35,135
AMI discharged alive w CC	MS-DRG	281	37	$9,843.88
AMI discharged alive w MCC	MS-DRG	280	37	$16,571
Esophagitis/gastroenteritis w/o MCC	MS-DRG	392	37	$8,268.17
Cardiac arrhythmia w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	310	33	$6,206.7
Hip & femur procedures except major joint w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	482	33	$16,857
Major small/large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	331	33	$17,520
Heart failure & shock w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	293	32	$6,486.84
COPD w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	192	32	$7,486.65
Simple pneumonia & pleurisy w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	195	32	$7,179.44
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o CDE w CC	MS-DRG	419	32	$13,601
GI hemorrhage w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	379	32	$6,905.4
OR procedure for obesity w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	621	30	$16,359
AMI discharged alive w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	282	30	$7,729.68
Uterine & adnexa procedures w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	744	28	$17,855
Basic metabolic panel (BMP)	CPT	80048	27	$20.99
Renal function panel	CPT	80069	27	$20
Hepatic function panel	CPT	80076	27	$20.27

Top payers in California

Payer	Hospitals	Rates	Median rate
Blue Cross Blue Shield	67	20,728	$4,650.67
Aetna	60	11,451	$1,413.7
Health Net	60	11,900	$2,026.99
UnitedHealthcare	55	13,809	$3,765.73
Cigna	50	6,749	$2,482.64
Kaiser Permanente	50	9,662	$682.3
Humana	45	4,568	$2,137.19
Multiplan	44	4,988	$736.65
Medicare	37	7,509	$532.9
First Health	37	4,028	$790.93
Anthem BCBS	34	17,587	$802.09
Molina	27	4,295	$446.5
Medicaid	25	10,245	$307.03
brand new day	18	2,262	$669.75
commercial \| healthsmart \| all plans	15	2,088	$753.77
central health plan	14	909	$9,398.91
scan health plan	14	689	$16,738
WellCare	10	499	$11,154
Empire BCBS	10	1,384	$1,451.01
heritage provider network	9	598	$15,273
caremore	9	393	$15,463
healthcare partners	8	436	$18,065
commercial \| connected care intel \| all plans	8	720	$1,261.04
managed health network	8	459	$821.25
traditional medi-cal	7	745	$116.66
monarch health plan	7	731	$16,092
providence health plan	7	301	$13,561
TRICARE	7	1,713	$446.5
la care health plan	7	849	$10,324
Bright Health	7	788	$6,223.55

California hospitals (top 73 by compliance)

Hospital	City	Grade	Score	Procedures	Payers
Mercy Hospital Of Folsom	Folsom	A	100	193	18
Methodist Hospital Of Sacramento	Sacramento	A	100	193	17
Woodland Memorial Hospital	Woodland	A	100	193	17
Mercy General Hospital	Sacramento	A	100	193	18
Mercy San Juan Medical Center	Carmichael	A	100	192	18
Northridge Hospital Medical Center	Northridge	A	100	192	16
St Mary's Medical Center	San Francisco	A	100	192	18
St Mary Medical Center	Apple Valley	A	100	191	15
Community Hospital Of San Bernardino	San Bernardino	A	100	189	20
St Bernardine Medical Center	San Bernardino	A	100	188	19
Marian Regional Medical Center	Santa Maria	A	100	187	16
Mercy Medical Center - Merced	Merced	A	100	187	16
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital	Bakersfield	A	100	187	17
St Johns Hospital Camarillo	Camarillo	A	100	186	17
St Johns Regional Medical Center	Oxnard	A	100	186	16
Sequoia Hospital	Redwood City	A	100	185	15
Saint Francis Memorial Hospital	San Francisco	A	100	185	20
St Elizabeth Community Hospital	Red Bluff	A	100	185	12
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital	Grass Valley	A	100	182	13
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center	Glendale	A	100	175	10
Dominican Hospital	Santa Cruz	A	100	168	15
Huntington Beach Hospital	Huntington Beach	A	100	164	19
Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center	Garden Grove	A	100	163	22
Chino Valley Medical Center	Chino	A	100	153	28
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center	Chula Vista	A	100	151	30
Tri-city Medical Center	Oceanside	A	100	150	14
Centinela Hospital Medical Center	Inglewood	A	100	148	36
Sharp Memorial Hospital	San Diego	A	100	148	31
Sherman Oaks Hospital	Sherman Oaks	A	100	145	32
Montclair Hospital Medical Center	Montclair	A	100	145	26
Mercy Medical Center Mt Shasta	Mt. Shasta	A	100	137	12
San Antonio Regional Hospital	Upland	A	100	136	11
Encino Hospital Medical Center	Encino	A	100	127	29
Mark Twain Medical Center	San Andreas	A	100	127	12
CENTRAL VALLEY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	Modesto	A	100	126	14
Pacifica Hospital Of The Valley	Sun Valley	A	100	96	16
Stanford Health Care	Stanford	A	95	92	14
St Joseph's Medical Center Of Stockton	Stockton	A	95	56	11
St Joseph's Behavioral Health Center	Stockton	A	95	56	11
Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital	San Diego	A	90	20	30
Alvarado Parkway Institute Behavioral Health Syste	La Mesa	B	85	3	0
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center	Tarzana	C	77	51	19
Providence Queen Of The Valley Medical Center	Napa	C	77	51	12
Providence Little Co Of Mary Med Ctr San Pedro	San Pedro	C	77	51	17
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center	Mission Hills	C	77	51	20
Providence Saint John's Health Center	Santa Monica	C	77	51	20
University Of California Irvine Medical Center	Orange	C	77	51	39
Providence Little Company Of Mary Med Ctr Torrance	Torrance	C	77	51	18
FOUNTAIN VALLEY REG MEDICAL CENTER	Fountain Valley	C	77	51	33
PLACENTIA LINDA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	Placentia	C	77	51	33
CEDARS-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	Marina Del Rey	C	77	51	19
Providence St. Joseph Hospital	Orange	C	77	47	11
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital	Santa Rosa	C	77	47	13
Providence St Joseph Hospital	Eureka	C	77	47	11
Petaluma Valley Hospital	Petaluma	C	77	47	10
Providence Mission Hospital	Mission Viejo	C	77	47	20
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical Center	Fountain Valley	C	77	45	19
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center	Laguna Hills	C	77	45	20
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center	Long Beach	C	77	45	28
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center	Santa Monica	C	77	43	30
Providence St. Jude Medical Center	Fullerton	C	74	51	6
University Of California Davis Medical Center	Sacramento	C	74	43	6
Scripps Mercy Hospital	San Diego	C	70	149	15
Grossmont Hospital	La Mesa	C	70	135	30
PROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	Burbank	C	70	51	3
SURPRISE VALLEY HEALTH CARE DISTRICT	Cedarville	C	70	51	3
Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital	Fortuna	C	70	47	2
Palmdale Regional Medical Center	Palmdale	D	66	40	0
Corona Regional Medical Center	Corona	D	66	40	0
Southwest Healthcare System	Wildomar	D	66	40	0
Southwest Healthcare System-wildomar	Wildomar	D	66	40	0
SONOMA SPECIALTY HOSPITAL LLC	Sebastopol	F	59	1	0
Sharp Coronado Hospital And Hlthcr Ctr	Coronado	F	48	12	24