Sepsis Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$82,518
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
40
with published pricing
Price range
$14,786 – $163,280
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $0 - 2
Modoc Medical Center
Alturas, CA
Gross charge $14,786 - 3
Colusa Medical Center
Colusa, CA
Gross charge $16,588Cash pay $9,953 - 4
Seneca District Hospital
Chester, CA
Gross charge $28,736Cash pay $22,989 - 5
Coalinga Regional Medical Center
Coalinga, CA
Gross charge $33,734Cash pay $20,240 - 6
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Truckee, CA
Gross charge $34,111 - 7
Glenn Medical Center
Willows, CA
Gross charge $34,550Cash pay $20,730 - 8
Adventist Health Reedley
Reedley, CA
Gross charge $43,737Cash pay $8,310 - 9
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Fort Bragg, CA
Gross charge $45,170Cash pay $29,812 - 10
Southern Monterey County Memorial Hospital
King City, CA
Gross charge $45,550Cash pay $34,162 - 11
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $50,933Cash pay $12,733 - 12
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $50,933Cash pay $12,733 - 13
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $50,933Cash pay $12,733 - 14
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $50,933Cash pay $12,733 - 15
Kern Valley Healthcare District
Lake Isabella, CA
Gross charge $51,196Cash pay $2,012,503 - 16
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest, CA
Gross charge $54,920Cash pay $29,107 - 17
Fairchild Medical Center
Yreka, CA
Gross charge $58,551 - 18
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $58,618 - 19Gross charge $62,061
- 20
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $70,371Cash pay $49,260 - 21
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $71,447Cash pay $46,441 - 22
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $75,567Cash pay $21,000 - 23
Sonoma Valley Hospital
Sonoma, CA
Gross charge $77,210Cash pay $54,047 - 24
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $81,395Cash pay $48,837 - 25
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $84,701Cash pay $25,410 - 26
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $85,279 - 27
Adventist Health Clear Lake
Clearlake, CA
Gross charge $91,422Cash pay $32,912 - 28
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $107,974Cash pay $10,716 - 29
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA
Gross charge $110,000Cash pay $55,000 - 30
Highland Hospital
Oakland, CA
Gross charge $110,000Cash pay $55,000 - 31
Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow, CA
Gross charge $115,891Cash pay $69,534 - 32
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $118,631Cash pay $83,042 - 33
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $135,314 - 34
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $140,853Cash pay $105,640 - 35
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $140,853Cash pay $105,640 - 36
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $140,853Cash pay $105,640 - 37
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $140,853Cash pay $105,640 - 38
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $147,483Cash pay $35,396 - 39
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $150,380Cash pay $22,557 - 40
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $154,936Cash pay $158,035 - 41
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $163,280 - 42
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 43
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 44
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 45
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 46
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 47
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 48
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 49
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 50
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 51
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 52
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $19,422 - 53
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 54
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 55
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 56
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 57
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 58
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 59
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 60
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 61
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 62
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 63
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 64
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 67
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 71
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 72
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 73
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 74
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 75
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 76
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 77
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,885 - 78
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $24,303 - 79
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 80
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 81
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 82
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $26,318 - 83
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 84
Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 85
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 86
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 87
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 88
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 89
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 90
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 91Gross charge —Cash pay $31,544
- 92
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price sepsis (Medicare DRG 871) anywhere from $14,786 to $163,280 — a $148,494 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Modoc Medical Center in Alturas; the most expensive is Natividad Medical Center in Salinas. The state average sits at $82,518.
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 sepsis 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 sepsis 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 sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 871 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.