Alcohol or Drug Dependence Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for alcohol or drug abuse or dependence without inpatient rehabilitation therapy and without major complications — typically a short detox stay.
State average
$35,910
gross charge · DRG 897
Hospitals
40
with published pricing
Price range
$1,882 – $71,835
low to high
Data notes for California
- The lowest published charge ($1,882 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 $1,882Cash pay $1,129 - 3
Seneca District Hospital
Chester, CA
Gross charge $2,166Cash pay $1,733 - 4
Colusa Medical Center
Colusa, CA
Gross charge $4,194Cash pay $2,517 - 5
Orchard Hospital
Gridley, CA
Gross charge $5,606Cash pay $3,363 - 6
Coalinga Regional Medical Center
Coalinga, CA
Gross charge $8,399Cash pay $5,039 - 7Gross charge $13,004Cash pay $1,606,232
- 8
Adventist Health Reedley
Reedley, CA
Gross charge $17,277Cash pay $3,283 - 9
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $19,018Cash pay $1,903,609 - 10
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Truckee, CA
Gross charge $19,085 - 11
Kern Valley Healthcare District
Lake Isabella, CA
Gross charge $19,527Cash pay $767,625 - 12
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $21,103Cash pay $5,276 - 13
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $21,103Cash pay $5,276 - 14
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $21,103Cash pay $5,276 - 15
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $21,103Cash pay $5,276 - 16
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $23,599Cash pay $10,500 - 17
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $26,714Cash pay $18,700 - 18
Fairchild Medical Center
Yreka, CA
Gross charge $30,730 - 19
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Fort Bragg, CA
Gross charge $31,496Cash pay $20,787 - 20
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $32,543Cash pay $19,526 - 21
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $33,122Cash pay $21,529 - 22
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest, CA
Gross charge $33,860Cash pay $17,946 - 23
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $37,308Cash pay $5,596 - 24
Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow, CA
Gross charge $40,474Cash pay $24,285 - 25
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $42,602Cash pay $29,821 - 26
Sonoma Valley Hospital
Sonoma, CA
Gross charge $47,661Cash pay $33,363 - 27
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $49,053 - 28
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $49,650Cash pay $11,916 - 29
Southern Monterey County Memorial Hospital
King City, CA
Gross charge $50,961Cash pay $38,221 - 30
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $52,808Cash pay $53,864 - 31
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $55,057Cash pay $4,893 - 32
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $55,689Cash pay $41,767 - 33
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $55,689Cash pay $41,767 - 34
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $55,689Cash pay $41,767 - 35
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $55,689Cash pay $41,767 - 36
Adventist Health Clear Lake
Clearlake, CA
Gross charge $57,077Cash pay $20,548 - 37
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $58,929 - 38
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $59,201Cash pay $17,760 - 39
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $62,546 - 40
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA
Gross charge $71,835Cash pay $35,918 - 41
Highland Hospital
Oakland, CA
Gross charge $71,835Cash pay $35,918 - 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
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 49
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 50
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 51
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 52
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 53
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,085 - 54
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 55
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 56
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 57
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 58
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 59
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 60
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 61
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 62
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 63
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 64
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 67
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 71
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 72
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 73
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 74
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 75
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 76
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 77
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 78
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,871 - 79
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,064 - 80
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 81
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 82
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 83
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,008 - 84
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 85
Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 86
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 87
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 88
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 89
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 90
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 91
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 92Gross charge —Cash pay $13,617
- 93
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price alcohol or drug dependence (Medicare DRG 897) anywhere from $1,882 to $71,835 — a $69,953 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Glenn Medical Center in Willows; the most expensive is Highland Hospital in Oakland. The state average sits at $35,910.
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 alcohol or drug dependence 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 alcohol or drug dependence 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 alcohol or drug dependence in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 897 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.