DRG 880 · Mental Health & Substance Use

Acute Stress Reaction Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay for an intense emotional or psychological reaction to a stressful event or life crisis. Care focuses on safety, stabilization, counseling, and planning follow-up support.

State average
$46,439
gross charge · DRG 880
Hospitals
33
with published pricing
Price range
$1,039 – $114,232
low to high
Lowest $1,039 Highest $114,232

California hospitals price acute stress reaction (Medicare DRG 880) anywhere from $1,039 to $114,232 — a $113,194 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Seneca District Hospital in Chester; the most expensive is Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care) in Oceanside. The state average sits at $46,439.

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 acute stress reaction 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 acute stress reaction 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 acute stress reaction in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 880 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.

Data notes for California

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1
    Gross charge $1,039
    Cash pay $831
  2. 2

    Colusa Medical Center

    Colusa, CA

    Gross charge $2,197
    Cash pay $1,318
  3. 3

    San Joaquin General Hospital

    French Camp, CA

    Gross charge $6,344
    Cash pay $3,489
  4. 4

    Tahoe Forest Hospital

    Truckee, CA

    Gross charge $19,556
  5. 5
    Gross charge $22,727
  6. 6

    Adventist Health St Helena

    Saint Helena, CA

    Gross charge $24,216
    Cash pay $3,632
  7. 7

    Adventist Health Glendale (Acute Care)

    Glendale, CA

    Gross charge $24,216
    Cash pay $3,632
  8. 8

    Kaweah Health Medical Center

    Visalia, CA

    Gross charge $28,754
    Cash pay $4,800
  9. 9

    El Centro Regional Medical Center

    El Centro, CA

    Gross charge $33,784
    Cash pay $23,649
  10. 10

    Adventist Health White Memorial

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge $34,625
    Cash pay $6,232
  11. 11

    Adventist Health Tulare

    Tulare, CA

    Gross charge $35,615
    Cash pay $6,767
  12. 12

    Adventist Health and Rideout

    Marysville, CA

    Gross charge $39,081
    Cash pay $8,598
  13. 13

    Scripps Mercy Hospital

    San Diego, CA

    Gross charge $44,022
    Cash pay $11,005
  14. 14

    Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

    La Jolla, CA

    Gross charge $44,022
    Cash pay $11,005
  15. 15

    Scripps Green Hospital

    La Jolla, CA

    Gross charge $44,022
    Cash pay $11,005
  16. 16

    Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

    Encinitas, CA

    Gross charge $44,022
    Cash pay $11,005
  17. 17

    Natividad Medical Center

    Salinas, CA

    Gross charge $44,532
  18. 18

    Riverside University Health System Medical Center

    Moreno Valley, CA

    Gross charge $47,888
  19. 19

    Adventist Health Hanford

    Hanford, CA

    Gross charge $48,661
    Cash pay $9,246
  20. 20

    Sharp Memorial Hospital

    San Diego, CA

    Gross charge $52,209
    Cash pay $39,157
  21. 21

    Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

    Chula Vista, CA

    Gross charge $52,209
    Cash pay $39,157
  22. 22

    Sharp Grossmont Hospital

    La Mesa, CA

    Gross charge $52,209
    Cash pay $39,157
  23. 23

    Sharp Coronado Hospital

    Coronado, CA

    Gross charge $52,209
    Cash pay $39,157
  24. 24

    Adventist Health Sonora

    Sonora, CA

    Gross charge $54,259
    Cash pay $9,224
  25. 25

    Washington Health

    Fremont, CA

    Gross charge $55,749
    Cash pay $36,237
  26. 26

    Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello

    Montebello, CA

    Gross charge $57,482
  27. 27

    San Antonio Regional Hospital

    Upland, CA

    Gross charge $60,859
    Cash pay $62,076
  28. 28

    Redlands Community Hospital

    Redlands, CA

    Gross charge $61,623
    Cash pay $14,789
  29. 29

    Adventist Health Clear Lake

    Clearlake, CA

    Gross charge $79,845
    Cash pay $28,744
  30. 30

    Eisenhower Medical Center

    Rancho Mirage, CA

    Gross charge $80,065
    Cash pay $5,318
  31. 31

    Adventist Health Bakersfield

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge $81,774
    Cash pay $12,266
  32. 32
    Gross charge $88,452
    Cash pay $6,192
  33. 33

    Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Oceanside, CA

    Gross charge $114,232
    Cash pay $68,539
  34. 34

    St. Rose Hospital

    Hayward, CA

    Gross charge —
  35. 35

    Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital

    Sacramento, CA

    Gross charge —
  36. 36

    Riverside Community Hospital

    Riverside, CA

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  37. 37

    Mad River Community Hospital

    Arcata, CA

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  38. 38

    Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge —
  39. 39

    St Elizabeth Community Hospital

    Red Bluff, CA

    Gross charge —
  40. 40

    San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital

    Banning, CA

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  41. 41

    Antelope Valley Medical Center

    Lancaster, CA

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  42. 42

    Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center

    Glendale, CA

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  43. 43

    Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Los Angeles, CA

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  44. 44

    St. John's Regional Medical Center

    Oxnard, CA

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  45. 45

    St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton

    Stockton, CA

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  46. 46

    Community Hospital of San Bernardino

    San Bernardino, CA

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  47. 47

    Community Hospital of Huntington Park

    Huntington Park, CA

    Gross charge —
  48. 48

    Saint Agnes Medical Center

    Fresno, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $20,295
  49. 49

    St. Francis Medical Center

    Lynwood, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $9,840
  50. 50

    Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Santa Maria, CA

    Gross charge —
  51. 51

    Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Northridge, CA

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  52. 52

    Doctors Hospital of Manteca

    Manteca, CA

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  53. 53

    Valley Presbyterian Hospital

    Van Nuys, CA

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  54. 54

    Woodland Memorial Hospital

    Woodland, CA

    Gross charge —
  55. 55

    St Bernardine Medical Center

    San Bernardino, CA

    Gross charge —
  56. 56

    Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

    Grass Valley, CA

    Gross charge —
  57. 57

    UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital

    San Francisco, CA

    Gross charge —
  58. 58

    Sequoia Hospital

    Redwood City, CA

    Gross charge —
  59. 59

    AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center

    Anaheim, CA

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  60. 60

    French Hospital Medical Center

    San Luis Obispo, CA

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  61. 61

    Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital

    Santa Cruz, CA

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  62. 62

    Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Palm Springs, CA

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  63. 63

    Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

    Colton, CA

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  64. 64

    Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp

    Bakersfield, CA

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  65. 65

    Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

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  66. 66

    Hi-Desert Medical Center

    Joshua Tree, CA

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  67. 67

    Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Alhambra, CA

    Gross charge —
  68. 68

    Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge —
  69. 69

    Providence St. Mary Medical Center

    Apple Valley, CA

    Gross charge —
  70. 70

    Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Loma Linda, CA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,164
  71. 71

    Marinhealth Medical Center

    Greenbrae, CA

    Gross charge —
  72. 72
    Gross charge —
  73. 73

    Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura

    Ventura, CA

    Gross charge —
  74. 74

    Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom

    Folsom, CA

    Gross charge —
  75. 75

    West Anaheim Medical Center

    Anaheim, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $13,690
  76. 76
    Gross charge —
  77. 77

    Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center

    Merced, CA

    Gross charge —
  78. 78

    UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital

    San Francisco, CA

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  79. 79

    Memorial Hospital of Gardena

    Gardena, CA

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  80. 80

    UCLA West Valley Medical Center

    West Hills, CA

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  81. 81

    Clovis Community Medical Center

    Clovis, CA

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  82. 82

    Adventist Health Sierra Vista

    San Luis Obispo, CA

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  83. 83

    Mercy San Juan Medical Center

    Carmichael, CA

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  84. 84

    Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)

    Thousand Oaks, CA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,615
  85. 85

    La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)

    La Palma, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $12,863
  86. 86

    San Dimas Community Hospital

    San Dimas, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $12,000
  87. 87

    Methodist Hospital of Sacramento

    Sacramento, CA

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  88. 88

    East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge —
  89. 89

    San Ramon Regional Medical Center

    San Ramon, CA

    Gross charge —
  90. 90
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  91. 91

    Desert Valley Hospital

    Victorville, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $13,021
  92. 92

    Monterey Park Hospital AHMC

    Monterey Park, CA

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  93. 93

    Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital

    Marina Del Rey, CA

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  94. 94

    Shasta Regional Medical Center

    Redding, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $12,163
  95. 95

    Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta

    Murrieta, CA

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  96. 96

    Coast Plaza Hospital

    Norwalk, CA

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  97. 97

    Loma Linda University Children's Hospital

    Loma Linda, CA

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  98. 98

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital

    Los Angeles, CA

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  99. 99

    Glenn Medical Center

    Willows, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $530
  100. 100

    Mountains Community Hospital

    Lake Arrowhead, CA

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  101. 101

    Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta

    Mount Shasta, CA

    Gross charge —
  102. 102
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $15,191
  103. 103

    Mark Twain Medical Center

    San Andreas, CA

    Gross charge —
  104. 104
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $522
  105. 105

    Watsonville Community Hospital

    Watsonville, CA

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  106. 106

    Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

    Newport Beach, CA

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  107. 107

    Sierra View Medical Center

    Porterville, CA

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  108. 108

    Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

    Pleasanton, CA

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  109. 109

    Stanford Health Care

    Stanford, CA

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  110. 110

    UCSF Medical Center

    San Francisco, CA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,760
  111. 111

    University of California Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, CA

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  112. 112

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge —
  113. 113

    Keck Hospital of USC

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge —
  114. 114
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  115. 115

    San Gabriel Valley Medical Center

    San Gabriel, CA

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  116. 116

    AHMC Seton Medical Center

    Daly City, CA

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  117. 117

    Whittier Hospital Medical Center

    Whittier, CA

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  118. 118

    Greater El Monte Community Hospital

    South El Monte, CA

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  119. 119

    Community Regional Medical Center

    Fresno, CA

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  120. 120

    Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

    Pomona, CA

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  121. 121

    Northbay Medical Center

    Fairfield, CA

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