Cardiac rehabilitation cost in California

Prices at 126 hospitals in California, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $314 — 42% above the US median ($221), roughly 12.0× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CA $79 $165 ★ 3/5 171 min 14.7%
Mercy Hospital Bakersfield, CA $79 $165 ★ 3/5 190 min 15.3%
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CA $79 $165 ★ 3/5 200 min 14.8%
UCI Health-Los Alamitos Los Alamitos, CA $82 $224 ★ 1/5 236 min 15.4%
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA $82 $166 ★ 4/5 259 min 14.8%
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CA $100 $197 ★ 5/5 116 min 14.8%
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CA $105 $165 ★ 3/5 185 min 15.2%
Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA $114 $136 ★ 3/5 228 min 15.1%
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA $121 $160 ★ 3/5 147 min 16.1%
Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia, CA $126 $90 ★ 3/5 275 min 14.4%
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CA $142 $165 ★ 4/5 175 min 14.9%
Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood, CA $164 $165 ★ 2/5 202 min 17.3%
Shasta Regional Medical Center Redding, CA $164 $165 ★ 2/5 148 min 15.9%
John Muir Medical Center-Walnut Creek Campus Walnut Creek, CA $180 $209 ★ 2/5 177 min 13.0%
John Muir Medical Center-Concord Campus Concord, CA $180 $209 ★ 4/5 148 min 14.0%
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA $181 $160 ★ 2/5 181 min 15.7%
Kern Medical Center Bakersfield, CA $185 $30 ★ 1/5 293 min 15.3%
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley, CA $190 $269 ★ 3/5 152 min 14.3%
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City, CA $192 $185 ★ 5/5 124 min 14.7%
El Camino Health Mountain View, CA $193 ★ 4/5 159 min 14.5%
St Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff, CA $206 $257 ★ 4/5 136 min 15.1%
UC San Diego Health Hillcrest-Hillcrest Med Ctr San Diego, CA $206 $175 ★ 5/5 258 min 14.3%
St Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA $207 $160 ★ 5/5 153 min 14.0%
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas, CA $218 $236 ★ 3/5 128 min 15.2%
Tri-City Medical Center Oceanside, CA $223 $182 ★ 1/5 248 min 15.3%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated June 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$560
Cash / self-pay
$314
Insurer-negotiated
$181
Medicare pays
$26
$104$485
Median cash $314  ·  Medicare $26  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $314 — about 12.0× the Medicare rate ($26). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($52).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $560 list price could save about $246 (44%).

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