Office visit, new patient (level 5) cost in California

Prices at 92 hospitals in California, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $434 — 35% above the US median ($321), roughly 1.8× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA $66 $171 ★ 4/5 259 min 14.8%
Adventist Health Tulare Tulare, CA $67 $188 ★ 3/5 195 min 15.0%
UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA $72 ★ 4/5 323 min 14.7%
UCI Health-Los Alamitos Los Alamitos, CA $72 ★ 1/5 236 min 15.4%
UCI Health-Fountain Valley Fountain Valley, CA $72 ★ 2/5 161 min 15.7%
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Martinez, CA $78 ★ 4/5 175 min 14.2%
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District Brawley, CA $87 $161 ★ 3/5 190 min 15.0%
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp at Stanford Palo Alto, CA $108 $651
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CA $116 $284 ★ 3/5 171 min 14.7%
Mercy Hospital Bakersfield, CA $116 $284 ★ 3/5 190 min 15.3%
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CA $116 $284 ★ 3/5 200 min 14.8%
UC San Diego Health Hillcrest-Hillcrest Med Ctr San Diego, CA $134 $146 ★ 5/5 258 min 14.3%
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CA $146 $320 ★ 5/5 116 min 14.8%
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CA $154 $285 ★ 3/5 185 min 15.2%
University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA $188 $183 ★ 4/5 359 min 15.2%
El Camino Health Mountain View, CA $199 ★ 4/5 159 min 14.5%
San Joaquin General Hospital French Camp, CA $202 $177 ★ 2/5 218 min 15.2%
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CA $207 $229 ★ 4/5 175 min 14.9%
College Medical Center Long Beach, CA $225 $187 ★ 3/5 330 min 15.2%
College Hospital Cerritos, CA $225 $187
Glendora Hospital Glendora, CA $225 $187
Trinity Hospital Weaverville, CA $227 $239 70 min 14.5%
St Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA $245 $221 ★ 5/5 153 min 14.0%
Tri-City Medical Center Oceanside, CA $251 $0 ★ 1/5 248 min 15.3%
Memorial Hospital Los Banos Los Banos, CA $287 ★ 3/5 160 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)
$669
Cash / self-pay
$434
Insurer-negotiated
$221
Medicare pays
$237
$97$938
Median cash $434  ·  Medicare $237  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $434 — about 1.8× the Medicare rate ($237). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($474).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $669 list price could save about $235 (35%).

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