Pneumonia Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy without major complications.
State average
$29,766
gross charge · DRG 195
Hospitals
39
with published pricing
Price range
$2,954 – $83,984
low to high
Data notes for California
- The lowest published charge ($2,954 at Seneca District Hospital) 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
Seneca District Hospital
Chester, CA
Gross charge $2,954Cash pay $2,363 - 3
Colusa Medical Center
Colusa, CA
Gross charge $2,985Cash pay $1,791 - 4
Coalinga Regional Medical Center
Coalinga, CA
Gross charge $4,367Cash pay $2,620 - 5
Glenn Medical Center
Willows, CA
Gross charge $4,720Cash pay $2,832 - 6
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Truckee, CA
Gross charge $11,112 - 7
Modoc Medical Center
Alturas, CA
Gross charge $12,523 - 8
Orchard Hospital
Gridley, CA
Gross charge $13,025Cash pay $7,815 - 9
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $16,776Cash pay $4,194 - 10
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $16,776Cash pay $4,194 - 11
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $16,776Cash pay $4,194 - 12
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $16,776Cash pay $4,194 - 13
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $17,775 - 14
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $17,804Cash pay $12,463 - 15
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Fort Bragg, CA
Gross charge $19,538Cash pay $12,895 - 16
Kern Valley Healthcare District
Lake Isabella, CA
Gross charge $19,791Cash pay $777,967 - 17
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $20,307Cash pay $7,000 - 18
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $21,031Cash pay $2,105,145 - 19
Fairchild Medical Center
Yreka, CA
Gross charge $22,844 - 20
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $23,485Cash pay $16,439 - 21
Southern Monterey County Memorial Hospital
King City, CA
Gross charge $23,549Cash pay $17,662 - 22
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $26,043 - 23
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $26,219Cash pay $15,731 - 24
Adventist Health Reedley
Reedley, CA
Gross charge $29,274Cash pay $5,562 - 25
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA
Gross charge $30,219Cash pay $15,110 - 26
Highland Hospital
Oakland, CA
Gross charge $30,219Cash pay $15,110 - 27
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $31,027Cash pay $20,167 - 28
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest, CA
Gross charge $37,290Cash pay $19,764 - 29
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $44,614Cash pay $13,384 - 30
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $44,730Cash pay $3,495 - 31
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $45,662Cash pay $34,247 - 32
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $45,662Cash pay $34,247 - 33
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $45,662Cash pay $34,247 - 34
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $45,662Cash pay $34,247 - 35
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $46,601Cash pay $47,533 - 36
Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow, CA
Gross charge $48,251Cash pay $28,950 - 37
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $54,986Cash pay $8,248 - 38
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $65,413 - 39
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $74,456Cash pay $17,869 - 40
Adventist Health Clear Lake
Clearlake, CA
Gross charge $83,984Cash pay $30,234 - 41
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 42
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 43
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 44
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 45
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 46
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, 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 $6,605 - 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
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,882 - 77
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 78
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 79
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 80
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,569 - 81
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 82
Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 83
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 84
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 85
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 86
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 87
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 88
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 89Gross charge —Cash pay $9,958
- 90
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price pneumonia (Medicare DRG 195) anywhere from $2,954 to $83,984 — a $81,029 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Seneca District Hospital in Chester; the most expensive is Adventist Health Clear Lake in Clearlake. The state average sits at $29,766.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. 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 pneumonia at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent pneumonia admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 195 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.