Heart Attack Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) with major complications — discharged alive.
State average
$67,218
gross charge · DRG 280
Hospitals
38
with published pricing
Price range
$3,254 – $138,216
low to high
Data notes for California
- The lowest published charge ($3,254 at Colusa Medical Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $0 - 2
Colusa Medical Center
Colusa, CA
Gross charge $3,254Cash pay $1,952 - 3
Glenn Medical Center
Willows, CA
Gross charge $3,780Cash pay $2,268 - 4
Seneca District Hospital
Chester, CA
Gross charge $13,291Cash pay $10,633 - 5Gross charge $23,446Cash pay $2,896,074
- 6
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $25,229Cash pay $7,569 - 7
Kern Valley Healthcare District
Lake Isabella, CA
Gross charge $27,594Cash pay $1,084,738 - 8
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Fort Bragg, CA
Gross charge $29,237Cash pay $19,297 - 9
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA
Gross charge $33,645 - 10
Highland Hospital
Oakland, CA
Gross charge $33,645 - 11
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Truckee, CA
Gross charge $37,638 - 12
Adventist Health Reedley
Reedley, CA
Gross charge $38,192Cash pay $7,257 - 13
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $42,184Cash pay $29,529 - 14
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $46,445Cash pay $4,648,912 - 15
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest, CA
Gross charge $47,037Cash pay $24,930 - 16
Sonoma Valley Hospital
Sonoma, CA
Gross charge $51,237Cash pay $35,866 - 17
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $51,571Cash pay $14,000 - 18
Fairchild Medical Center
Yreka, CA
Gross charge $51,922 - 19
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $52,161 - 20
Southern Monterey County Memorial Hospital
King City, CA
Gross charge $57,693Cash pay $43,270 - 21
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $63,185Cash pay $41,070 - 22
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $66,835 - 23
Adventist Health Clear Lake
Clearlake, CA
Gross charge $69,993Cash pay $25,197 - 24
Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow, CA
Gross charge $73,559Cash pay $44,135 - 25
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $76,160Cash pay $45,696 - 26
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $87,818 - 27
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $94,383Cash pay $23,596 - 28
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $94,383Cash pay $23,596 - 29
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $94,383Cash pay $23,596 - 30
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $94,383Cash pay $23,596 - 31
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $96,761Cash pay $8,856 - 32
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $108,213Cash pay $75,749 - 33
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $112,457Cash pay $26,990 - 34
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $120,409Cash pay $90,307 - 35
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $120,409Cash pay $90,307 - 36
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $120,409Cash pay $90,307 - 37
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $120,409Cash pay $90,307 - 38
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $132,713Cash pay $19,907 - 39
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $138,216Cash pay $140,981 - 40
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 41
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 42
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 43
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 44
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 45
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 46
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 47
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 48
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 49
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 50
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 51
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,121 - 52
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 53
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 54
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 55
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 56
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 57
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 58
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 59
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 60
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 61
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 62
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 63
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 64
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge — - 67
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 70
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 71
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 72
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 73
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 74
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 75
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 76
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $21,724 - 77
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,372 - 78
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 79
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 80
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 81
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,068 - 82
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 83
Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 84
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 85
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 86
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 87
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 88
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 89
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 90Gross charge —Cash pay $25,245
- 91
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price heart attack (Medicare DRG 280) anywhere from $3,254 to $138,216 — a $134,962 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Colusa Medical Center in Colusa; the most expensive is San Antonio Regional Hospital in Upland. The state average sits at $67,218.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists heart attack at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling heart attack in California, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. California hospitals missing from the list either don't perform heart attack in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 280 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.