Respiratory Infection Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for respiratory infections and inflammations with complications.
State average
$47,598
gross charge · DRG 178
Hospitals
38
with published pricing
Price range
$3,571 – $116,029
low to high
Data notes for California
- The lowest published charge ($3,571 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 $3,571Cash pay $2,143 - 3
Seneca District Hospital
Chester, CA
Gross charge $4,527Cash pay $3,622 - 4
Coalinga Regional Medical Center
Coalinga, CA
Gross charge $5,377Cash pay $3,226 - 5
Modoc Medical Center
Alturas, CA
Gross charge $17,697 - 6
Adventist Health Clear Lake
Clearlake, CA
Gross charge $22,705Cash pay $8,174 - 7
Kern Valley Healthcare District
Lake Isabella, CA
Gross charge $23,510Cash pay $924,190 - 8
Southern Monterey County Memorial Hospital
King City, CA
Gross charge $23,562Cash pay $17,672 - 9
Orchard Hospital
Gridley, CA
Gross charge $25,144Cash pay $15,086 - 10
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Fort Bragg, CA
Gross charge $26,195Cash pay $17,289 - 11
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $27,215Cash pay $7,000 - 12
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $28,540Cash pay $4,281 - 13
Fairchild Medical Center
Yreka, CA
Gross charge $32,410 - 14
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest, CA
Gross charge $33,273Cash pay $17,634 - 15
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $34,217Cash pay $22,241 - 16
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $34,750 - 17
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $38,140Cash pay $22,884 - 18
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $38,278Cash pay $9,570 - 19
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $38,278Cash pay $9,570 - 20
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $38,278Cash pay $9,570 - 21
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $38,278Cash pay $9,570 - 22
Glenn Medical Center
Willows, CA
Gross charge $40,708Cash pay $24,425 - 23
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA
Gross charge $47,402Cash pay $23,701 - 24
Highland Hospital
Oakland, CA
Gross charge $47,402Cash pay $23,701 - 25
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $50,676 - 26
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $51,743Cash pay $36,220 - 27
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Truckee, CA
Gross charge $53,802 - 28
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $69,857Cash pay $5,232 - 29
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $71,856 - 30
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $74,211Cash pay $55,658 - 31
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $74,211Cash pay $55,658 - 32
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $74,211Cash pay $55,658 - 33
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $74,211Cash pay $55,658 - 34
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $77,702Cash pay $18,648 - 35
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $82,138 - 36
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $82,364Cash pay $57,655 - 37
Adventist Health Reedley
Reedley, CA
Gross charge $85,028Cash pay $16,155 - 38
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $101,220Cash pay $103,244 - 39
Sonoma Valley Hospital
Sonoma, CA
Gross charge $116,029Cash pay $81,221 - 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
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 47
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 48
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 49
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 50
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,994 - 51
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 52
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 53
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 54
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 55
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 56
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 57
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 58
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 59
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 60
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 61
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 62
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 63
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 64
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 67
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 69
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 71
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 72
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 73
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 74
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 75
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,298 - 76
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,411 - 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 $13,464 - 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 $15,701
- 90
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price respiratory infection (Medicare DRG 178) anywhere from $3,571 to $116,029 — a $112,458 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Colusa Medical Center in Colusa; the most expensive is Sonoma Valley Hospital in Sonoma. The state average sits at $47,598.
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 infection 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 infection 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 infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 178 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.