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Most expensive hospitals in California

Doctors Medical Center of Modesto in Modesto has the highest list prices in California: on average 32.3x what Medicare pays for the same services. The median across 31 ranked California hospitals is 4.0x.

Data as of 2026-11-11 · How this is calculated

Highest prices compared to Medicare

#	Hospital	City	Prices vs Medicare	Grade
1	Doctors Medical Center of Modesto	Modesto	32.3x	F
2	Lakewood Regional Medical Center	Lakewood	23.4x	F
3	Placentia - Linda Hospital	Placentia	22.2x	F
4	Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center	San Luis Obispo	18.1x	F
5	San Ramon Regional Medical Center	San Ramon	16.0x	F
6	Fountain Valley Regional Hospital	Fountain Valley	15.0x	F
7	Uci Health - Los Alamitos	Los Alamitos	15.0x	F
8	Anaheim Medical Center	Anaheim	8.6x	F
9	Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Modesto	Modesto	8.3x	F
10	Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Tustin	Tustin	4.5x	C
11	San Francisco Va Medical Center	San Francisco	4.5x	C
12	Modesto Medical Center	Modesto	4.2x	C
13	Roseville Medical Center	Roseville	4.0x	C
14	San Jose Medical Center	San Jose	4.0x	C
15	San Leandro Medical Center	San Leandro	4.0x	C
16	San Rafael Medical Center	San Rafael	4.0x	C
17	Santa Clara Medical Center	Santa Clara	4.0x	C
18	Santa Rosa Medical Center	Santa Rosa	4.0x	C
19	South Sacramento Medical Center	Sacramento	4.0x	C
20	South San Francisco Medical Center	South San Francisco	4.0x	C
21	South Bay Medical Center	Harbor City	3.9x	C
22	Moreno Valley Medical Center	Moreno Valley	3.6x	C
23	West Los Angeles Medical Center	Los Angeles	3.1x	C
24	Woodland Hills Medical Center	Woodland Hills	3.1x	C
25	Zion Medical Center	San Diego	3.1x	C

Lowest prices compared to Medicare

#	Hospital	City	Prices vs Medicare	Grade
31	Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp	Berkeley	1.2x	A
30	California Pacific Medical Center - Davies Campus	San Francisco	1.3x	A
29	Mills-Peninsula Medical Center	Burlingame	1.5x	A
28	California Pacific Medical Center - Mission Bernal	San Francisco	2.5x	B
27	Palmdale Regional Medical Center	Palmdale	2.9x	B
26	Corona Regional Medical Center	Corona	3.0x	B
25	Zion Medical Center	San Diego	3.1x	C
24	Woodland Hills Medical Center	Woodland Hills	3.1x	C
23	West Los Angeles Medical Center	Los Angeles	3.1x	C
22	Moreno Valley Medical Center	Moreno Valley	3.6x	C

What this means for your bill

List prices are a starting point, not what insurers pay. But uninsured patients and people paying a deductible are often billed from them. A high multiple is a strong reason to ask for an itemized bill and question the charges.

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How this is calculated

For each hospital we compare the gross charges in its federally required price transparency file with what Medicare pays hospitals for the same billing code (the outpatient OPPS rate), then average across procedures. Codes Medicare doesn’t pay that way, such as lab tests and inpatient surgery, are left out. Hospitals need at least 5 priced procedures to be ranked. Full method and grading scale.