Pulmonary rehabilitation cost in California

Prices at 104 hospitals in California, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $251 — 63% above the US median ($154), roughly 2.9× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
St Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff, CA $70 $88 ★ 4/5 136 min 15.1%
Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center Garden Grove, CA $75 $76 ★ 2/5 138 min 16.6%
Shasta Regional Medical Center Redding, CA $75 $76 ★ 2/5 148 min 15.9%
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA $77 $102 ★ 4/5 464 min 14.9%
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta Murrieta, CA $77 $102 ★ 2/5 226 min 16.4%
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Loma Linda, CA $77 $102 ★ 3/5 222 min
Loma Linda VA Medical Center Loma Linda, CA $77 $102 ★ 3/5 14.7%
St Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA $82 $153 ★ 5/5 153 min 14.0%
Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia, CA $95 ★ 3/5 275 min 14.4%
Palomar Health Downtown Campus Escondido, CA $97 ★ 3/5 221 min 14.0%
Palomar Medical Center Poway Poway, CA $97 ★ 4/5 195 min 15.2%
El Camino Health Mountain View, CA $102 ★ 4/5 159 min 14.5%
Fresno Surgical Hospital Fresno, CA $103 $78 14.4%
Mercy Medical Center of Mt Shasta Mount Shasta, CA $118 $131 ★ 4/5 96 min 14.7%
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CA $134 $453 ★ 3/5 171 min 14.7%
Mercy Hospital Bakersfield, CA $134 $453 ★ 3/5 190 min 15.3%
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CA $134 $453 ★ 3/5 200 min 14.8%
Saint Agnes Medical Center Fresno, CA $138 $112 ★ 2/5 244 min 15.9%
Riverside University Health System-Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA $143 $107 ★ 3/5 245 min 15.3%
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CA $169 $370 ★ 5/5 116 min 14.8%
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City, CA $169 $357 ★ 5/5 124 min 14.7%
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley, CA $173 $276 ★ 3/5 152 min 14.3%
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CA $177 $462 ★ 3/5 185 min 15.2%
University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA $179 $79 ★ 4/5 359 min 15.2%
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CA $182 $343 ★ 4/5 194 min 14.2%

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 July 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)
$449
Cash / self-pay
$251
Insurer-negotiated
$90
Medicare pays
$87
$76$466
Median cash $251  ·  Medicare $87  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $251 — about 2.9× the Medicare rate ($87). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($174).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $449 list price could save about $198 (44%).

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