Respiratory Failure Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$65,798
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
41
with published pricing
Price range
$3,359 – $160,096
low to high
Data notes for California
- The lowest published charge ($3,359 at Glenn 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
Glenn Medical Center
Willows, CA
Gross charge $3,359Cash pay $2,015 - 3
Colusa Medical Center
Colusa, CA
Gross charge $10,548Cash pay $6,329 - 4
Seneca District Hospital
Chester, CA
Gross charge $11,416Cash pay $9,133 - 5
Modoc Medical Center
Alturas, CA
Gross charge $12,990 - 6
Orchard Hospital
Gridley, CA
Gross charge $21,910Cash pay $13,146 - 7
Adventist Health Reedley
Reedley, CA
Gross charge $22,745Cash pay $4,322 - 8
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Truckee, CA
Gross charge $27,884 - 9
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $34,333Cash pay $24,033 - 10
Kern Valley Healthcare District
Lake Isabella, CA
Gross charge $35,392Cash pay $1,391,250 - 11
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $36,955Cash pay $9,239 - 12
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $36,955Cash pay $9,239 - 13
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $36,955Cash pay $9,239 - 14
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $36,955Cash pay $9,239 - 15
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $40,621Cash pay $4,065,993 - 16
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $43,116Cash pay $28,026 - 17
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Fort Bragg, CA
Gross charge $49,418Cash pay $32,616 - 18
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $51,367Cash pay $14,000 - 19Gross charge $52,107
- 20
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA
Gross charge $52,672Cash pay $26,336 - 21
Highland Hospital
Oakland, CA
Gross charge $52,672Cash pay $26,336 - 22
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest, CA
Gross charge $57,944Cash pay $30,711 - 23
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $59,130Cash pay $35,478 - 24
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $60,473 - 25
Southern Monterey County Memorial Hospital
King City, CA
Gross charge $62,079Cash pay $46,559 - 26
Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow, CA
Gross charge $66,291Cash pay $39,775 - 27
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $69,446Cash pay $20,834 - 28
Fairchild Medical Center
Yreka, CA
Gross charge $72,376 - 29
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $72,985Cash pay $6,830 - 30
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $75,814 - 31
Adventist Health Clear Lake
Clearlake, CA
Gross charge $78,636Cash pay $28,309 - 32
Coalinga Regional Medical Center
Coalinga, CA
Gross charge $87,273Cash pay $52,364 - 33
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $89,398Cash pay $62,578 - 34
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $101,564Cash pay $103,595 - 35
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $104,199Cash pay $15,630 - 36
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $107,204Cash pay $25,729 - 37
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $115,247 - 38
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $146,796Cash pay $110,097 - 39
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $146,796Cash pay $110,097 - 40
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $146,796Cash pay $110,097 - 41
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $146,796Cash pay $110,097 - 42
Sonoma Valley Hospital
Sonoma, CA
Gross charge $160,096Cash pay $112,067 - 43
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 44
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 45
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 46
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 47
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 48
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 49
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 50
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 51
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 52
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 53
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 54
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,525 - 55
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 56
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 57
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 58
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 59
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 60
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 61
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 62
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 63
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 64
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 67
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 71
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 72
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 73
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 74
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 75
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 76
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 77
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 78
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 79
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,481 - 80
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $15,418 - 81
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 82
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 83
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 84
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,715 - 85
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 86
Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 87
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 88
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 89
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 90
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 91
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 92
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 93Gross charge —Cash pay $19,598
- 94
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price respiratory failure (Medicare DRG 189) anywhere from $3,359 to $160,096 — a $156,737 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Glenn Medical Center in Willows; the most expensive is Sonoma Valley Hospital in Sonoma. The state average sits at $65,798.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.