Appendectomy Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove the appendix, usually because of appendicitis, an inflamed or ruptured appendix. The stay includes the operation, antibiotics, and recovery.
State average
$118,412
gross charge · DRG 397
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$15,822 – $197,683
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp, CA
Gross charge $15,822Cash pay $8,702 - 2
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley
Ukiah, CA
Gross charge $62,235Cash pay $12,447 - 3
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Fort Bragg, CA
Gross charge $64,475Cash pay $42,553 - 4
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $65,272Cash pay $10,000 - 5
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $66,093Cash pay $42,961 - 6
Adventist Health Hanford
Hanford, CA
Gross charge $72,253Cash pay $13,728 - 7
Adventist Health Sonora
Sonora, CA
Gross charge $80,689Cash pay $13,717 - 8
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest, CA
Gross charge $81,107Cash pay $42,987 - 9
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge $93,858Cash pay $14,079 - 10
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $131,294Cash pay $23,633 - 11
Adventist Health and Rideout
Marysville, CA
Gross charge $131,778Cash pay $28,991 - 12
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $131,967Cash pay $134,606 - 13
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $133,813Cash pay $32,115 - 14
Washington Health
Fremont, CA
Gross charge $134,262Cash pay $87,270 - 15
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $135,972 - 16
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $136,058Cash pay $95,240 - 17
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $141,214Cash pay $13,202 - 18Gross charge $149,210Cash pay $10,445
- 19
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $174,608Cash pay $130,956 - 20
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $174,608Cash pay $130,956 - 21
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $174,608Cash pay $130,956 - 22
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $174,608Cash pay $130,956 - 23
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $197,683Cash pay $59,305 - 24
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward, CA
Gross charge — - 25
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 26
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
Gross charge — - 27
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 28
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 29
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 30
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Banning, CA
Gross charge — - 31
Antelope Valley Medical Center
Lancaster, CA
Gross charge — - 32
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 33
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 34
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 35
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 36
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 37
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $23,835 - 38
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 39
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 40
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 41
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 42
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 43
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
San Gabriel, CA
Gross charge — - 44
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 45
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 46
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 47
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge — - 48
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 49
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 50
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 51
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 52
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 53
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Alhambra, CA
Gross charge — - 54
AHMC Seton Medical Center
Daly City, CA
Gross charge — - 55
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 56
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 57
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 58
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA
Gross charge — - 59
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura
Ventura, CA
Gross charge — - 60
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 61
West Anaheim Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $34,603 - 62
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 63
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 64
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 66
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 67
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)
Thousand Oaks, CA
Gross charge — - 71
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $32,578 - 72
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,626 - 73
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 74
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 75
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 76
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $33,152 - 77
Whittier Hospital Medical Center
Whittier, CA
Gross charge — - 78
Monterey Park Hospital AHMC
Monterey Park, CA
Gross charge — - 79
Greater El Monte Community Hospital
South El Monte, CA
Gross charge — - 80
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 81
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Redding, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,241 - 82
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 83
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 84
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 85
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 86
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 87Gross charge —Cash pay $35,744
- 88
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge — - 89
Community Memorial Hospital – Ojai
Ojai, CA
Gross charge — - 90
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 91
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital
Santa Monica, CA
Gross charge — - 92
Doctors Hospital of Manteca
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 93
Watsonville Community Hospital
Watsonville, CA
Gross charge — - 94
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Pomona, CA
Gross charge — - 95
Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Palm Springs, CA
Gross charge — - 96
Sierra View Medical Center
Porterville, CA
Gross charge — - 97
Hi-Desert Medical Center
Joshua Tree, CA
Gross charge — - 98
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Pleasanton, CA
Gross charge — - 99
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge — - 100
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 101
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care — San Jose)
San Jose, CA
Gross charge — - 102
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
Gross charge — - 103
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 104
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 105
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 106
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA
Gross charge — - 107
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price appendectomy (Medicare DRG 397) anywhere from $15,822 to $197,683 — a $181,862 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp; the most expensive is Adventist Health Howard Memorial in Willits. The state average sits at $118,412.
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 appendectomy 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 appendectomy 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 appendectomy in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 397 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.