Prices at 127 hospitals in California, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $117 — 29% below the US median ($164), roughly 1.7× the Medicare rate.
Lowest cash prices
| Hospital | Location | Cash | Insurer | CMS rating | ER wait | Readmit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino, CA | $21 | $62 | ★ 2/5 | 181 min | 15.7% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino | San Bernardino, CA | $24 | $62 | ★ 3/5 | 147 min | 16.1% |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley | Pleasanton, CA | $26 | $67 | ★ 5/5 | 211 min | 14.0% |
| Stanford Health Care | Stanford, CA | $26 | $67 | ★ 5/5 | 275 min | 14.7% |
| St Mary Medical Center | Long Beach, CA | $26 | $62 | ★ 5/5 | 153 min | 14.0% |
| St Rose Hospital | Hayward, CA | $28 | $79 | ★ 1/5 | 167 min | 16.5% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp at Stanford | Palo Alto, CA | $35 | $34 | — | — | — |
| Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District | Brawley, CA | $36 | $82 | ★ 3/5 | 190 min | 15.0% |
| St Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff, CA | $36 | $56 | ★ 4/5 | 136 min | 15.1% |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas, CA | $41 | $50 | ★ 3/5 | 128 min | 15.2% |
| Palomar Health Downtown Campus | Escondido, CA | $43 | — | ★ 3/5 | 221 min | 14.0% |
| Palomar Medical Center Poway | Poway, CA | $43 | — | ★ 4/5 | 195 min | 15.2% |
| Contra Costa Regional Medical Center | Martinez, CA | $44 | — | ★ 4/5 | 175 min | 14.2% |
| Grossmont Hospital | La Mesa, CA | $45 | $40 | ★ 4/5 | 188 min | 14.6% |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr Ctr | Coronado, CA | $45 | $45 | ★ 4/5 | 128 min | 14.2% |
| Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital | San Diego, CA | $45 | $44 | — | — | — |
| Mercy Medical Center of Mt Shasta | Mount Shasta, CA | $48 | $54 | ★ 4/5 | 96 min | 14.7% |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital | San Diego, CA | $51 | $39 | ★ 4/5 | 197 min | 15.4% |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center | Chula Vista, CA | $51 | $39 | ★ 4/5 | 196 min | 14.3% |
| Doctors Hospital of Manteca | Manteca, CA | $55 | — | ★ 2/5 | 168 min | 16.1% |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center | Visalia, CA | $60 | $313 | ★ 3/5 | 275 min | 14.4% |
| UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital | San Francisco, CA | $62 | $62 | ★ 3/5 | 140 min | 14.7% |
| University of California Davis Medical Center | Sacramento, CA | $64 | $95 | ★ 4/5 | 359 min | 15.2% |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding, CA | $64 | — | ★ 2/5 | 187 min | 13.5% |
| Mercy Medical Center | Merced, CA | $66 | $81 | ★ 3/5 | 228 min | 15.1% |
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)
Typical cash price here is $117 — about 1.7× the Medicare rate ($67). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($135).
💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $209 list price could save about $92 (44%).
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