DRG 539 · Musculoskeletal

Bone Infection Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals

An infection inside a bone (osteomyelitis), which requires long courses of IV antibiotics and sometimes procedures to remove infected tissue. The stay involves antibiotics, imaging, and close monitoring.

State average
$69,367
gross charge · DRG 539
Hospitals
35
with published pricing
Price range
$13,013 – $205,977
low to high
Lowest $13,013 Highest $205,977

California hospitals price bone infection (Medicare DRG 539) anywhere from $13,013 to $205,977 — a $192,964 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp; the most expensive is Adventist Health and Rideout in Marysville. The state average sits at $69,367.

Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 bone infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling bone infection in California, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 bone infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 539 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    San Joaquin General Hospital

    French Camp, CA

    Gross charge $13,013
    Cash pay $7,157
  2. 2

    Scripps Mercy Hospital

    San Diego, CA

    Gross charge $14,753
    Cash pay $3,688
  3. 3

    Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

    La Jolla, CA

    Gross charge $14,753
    Cash pay $3,688
  4. 4

    Scripps Green Hospital

    La Jolla, CA

    Gross charge $14,753
    Cash pay $3,688
  5. 5

    Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

    Encinitas, CA

    Gross charge $14,753
    Cash pay $3,688
  6. 6

    Adventist Health Hanford

    Hanford, CA

    Gross charge $18,957
    Cash pay $3,602
  7. 7

    Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello

    Montebello, CA

    Gross charge $21,054
  8. 8

    Adventist Health Mendocino Coast

    Fort Bragg, CA

    Gross charge $26,666
    Cash pay $17,599
  9. 9

    El Centro Regional Medical Center

    El Centro, CA

    Gross charge $28,118
    Cash pay $19,682
  10. 10

    Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Oceanside, CA

    Gross charge $36,756
    Cash pay $22,054
  11. 11

    Riverside University Health System Medical Center

    Moreno Valley, CA

    Gross charge $37,126
  12. 12

    Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley

    Tehachapi, CA

    Gross charge $39,646
    Cash pay $10,704
  13. 13

    Adventist Health Clear Lake

    Clearlake, CA

    Gross charge $45,967
    Cash pay $16,548
  14. 14

    Alameda Hospital

    Alameda, CA

    Gross charge $52,175
    Cash pay $26,088
  15. 15

    Highland Hospital

    Oakland, CA

    Gross charge $52,175
    Cash pay $26,088
  16. 16
    Gross charge $52,262
    Cash pay $9,930
  17. 17

    Tahoe Forest Hospital

    Truckee, CA

    Gross charge $52,539
  18. 18

    Adventist Health Howard Memorial

    Willits, CA

    Gross charge $59,128
    Cash pay $17,738
  19. 19

    Redlands Community Hospital

    Redlands, CA

    Gross charge $60,720
    Cash pay $14,573
  20. 20

    Adventist Health Sonora

    Sonora, CA

    Gross charge $60,795
    Cash pay $10,335
  21. 21

    Adventist Health Bakersfield

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge $72,914
    Cash pay $10,937
  22. 22

    Eisenhower Medical Center

    Rancho Mirage, CA

    Gross charge $86,742
    Cash pay $10,866
  23. 23

    San Antonio Regional Hospital

    Upland, CA

    Gross charge $87,309
    Cash pay $89,055
  24. 24

    Saint Agnes Medical Center

    Fresno, CA

    Gross charge $95,130
    Cash pay $61,835
  25. 25

    Sharp Grossmont Hospital

    La Mesa, CA

    Gross charge $99,367
    Cash pay $74,525
  26. 26

    Sharp Memorial Hospital

    San Diego, CA

    Gross charge $99,367
    Cash pay $74,525
  27. 27

    Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

    Chula Vista, CA

    Gross charge $99,367
    Cash pay $74,525
  28. 28

    Sharp Coronado Hospital

    Coronado, CA

    Gross charge $99,367
    Cash pay $74,525
  29. 29

    Regional Medical Center

    San Jose, CA

    Gross charge $104,189
    Cash pay $72,932
  30. 30

    Adventist Health Ukiah Valley

    Ukiah, CA

    Gross charge $108,267
    Cash pay $21,653
  31. 31

    Natividad Medical Center

    Salinas, CA

    Gross charge $120,166
  32. 32

    Washington Health

    Fremont, CA

    Gross charge $121,291
    Cash pay $78,839
  33. 33

    Kaweah Health Medical Center

    Visalia, CA

    Gross charge $140,393
    Cash pay $63,000
  34. 34

    Adventist Health White Memorial

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge $171,874
    Cash pay $30,937
  35. 35

    Adventist Health and Rideout

    Marysville, CA

    Gross charge $205,977
    Cash pay $45,315
  36. 36

    St. Rose Hospital

    Hayward, CA

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital

    Sacramento, CA

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    Riverside Community Hospital

    Riverside, CA

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    Mad River Community Hospital

    Arcata, CA

    Gross charge
  40. 40

    Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge
  41. 41

    St Elizabeth Community Hospital

    Red Bluff, CA

    Gross charge
  42. 42

    San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital

    Banning, CA

    Gross charge
  43. 43

    Antelope Valley Medical Center

    Lancaster, CA

    Gross charge
  44. 44

    Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center

    Glendale, CA

    Gross charge
  45. 45

    St. John's Regional Medical Center

    Oxnard, CA

    Gross charge
  46. 46

    St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton

    Stockton, CA

    Gross charge
  47. 47

    Community Hospital of San Bernardino

    San Bernardino, CA

    Gross charge
  48. 48

    Community Hospital of Huntington Park

    Huntington Park, CA

    Gross charge
  49. 49

    St. Francis Medical Center

    Lynwood, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $19,688
  50. 50

    Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Santa Maria, CA

    Gross charge
  51. 51

    Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Northridge, CA

    Gross charge
  52. 52

    Valley Presbyterian Hospital

    Van Nuys, CA

    Gross charge
  53. 53

    Woodland Memorial Hospital

    Woodland, CA

    Gross charge
  54. 54

    St Bernardine Medical Center

    San Bernardino, CA

    Gross charge
  55. 55

    San Gabriel Valley Medical Center

    San Gabriel, 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

    Gross charge
  60. 60

    French Hospital Medical Center

    San Luis Obispo, CA

    Gross charge
  61. 61

    Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital

    Santa Cruz, CA

    Gross charge
  62. 62

    Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

    Colton, CA

    Gross charge
  63. 63

    Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge
  64. 64

    Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge
  65. 65

    Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Alhambra, CA

    Gross charge
  66. 66

    AHMC Seton Medical Center

    Daly City, CA

    Gross charge
  67. 67

    Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge
  68. 68

    Providence St. Mary Medical Center

    Apple Valley, CA

    Gross charge
  69. 69

    Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Loma Linda, CA

    Gross charge
  70. 70

    Marinhealth Medical Center

    Greenbrae, CA

    Gross charge
  71. 71

    Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura

    Ventura, CA

    Gross charge
  72. 72

    Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom

    Folsom, CA

    Gross charge
  73. 73

    West Anaheim Medical Center

    Anaheim, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $28,334
  74. 74
    Gross charge
  75. 75

    Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center

    Merced, CA

    Gross charge
  76. 76

    UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital

    San Francisco, CA

    Gross charge
  77. 77

    Memorial Hospital of Gardena

    Gardena, CA

    Gross charge
  78. 78

    UCLA West Valley Medical Center

    West Hills, CA

    Gross charge
  79. 79

    Clovis Community Medical Center

    Clovis, CA

    Gross charge
  80. 80

    Adventist Health Sierra Vista

    San Luis Obispo, CA

    Gross charge
  81. 81

    Mercy San Juan Medical Center

    Carmichael, CA

    Gross charge
  82. 82
    Gross charge
  83. 83

    La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)

    La Palma, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $26,668
  84. 84

    San Dimas Community Hospital

    San Dimas, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $25,043
  85. 85

    Methodist Hospital of Sacramento

    Sacramento, CA

    Gross charge
  86. 86

    East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge
  87. 87
    Gross charge
  88. 88

    Desert Valley Hospital

    Victorville, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $27,117
  89. 89

    Whittier Hospital Medical Center

    Whittier, CA

    Gross charge
  90. 90

    Monterey Park Hospital AHMC

    Monterey Park, CA

    Gross charge
  91. 91

    Greater El Monte Community Hospital

    South El Monte, CA

    Gross charge
  92. 92

    Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital

    Marina Del Rey, CA

    Gross charge
  93. 93

    Shasta Regional Medical Center

    Redding, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $25,522
  94. 94

    Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta

    Murrieta, CA

    Gross charge
  95. 95

    Coast Plaza Hospital

    Norwalk, CA

    Gross charge
  96. 96

    Loma Linda University Children's Hospital

    Loma Linda, CA

    Gross charge
  97. 97

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge
  98. 98

    Glenn Medical Center

    Willows, CA

    Gross charge
  99. 99

    Mountains Community Hospital

    Lake Arrowhead, CA

    Gross charge
  100. 100

    Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta

    Mount Shasta, CA

    Gross charge
  101. 101
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $31,560
  102. 102

    Mark Twain Medical Center

    San Andreas, CA

    Gross charge
  103. 103
    Gross charge
  104. 104

    Community Regional Medical Center

    Fresno, CA

    Gross charge
  105. 105
    Gross charge
  106. 106

    Doctors Hospital of Manteca

    Manteca, CA

    Gross charge
  107. 107

    Watsonville Community Hospital

    Watsonville, CA

    Gross charge
  108. 108

    Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

    Pomona, CA

    Gross charge
  109. 109

    Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Palm Springs, CA

    Gross charge
  110. 110

    Sierra View Medical Center

    Porterville, CA

    Gross charge
  111. 111

    Hi-Desert Medical Center

    Joshua Tree, CA

    Gross charge
  112. 112

    Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

    Pleasanton, CA

    Gross charge
  113. 113

    Northbay Medical Center

    Fairfield, CA

    Gross charge
  114. 114

    Los Angeles General Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge
  115. 115
    Gross charge
  116. 116

    Stanford Health Care

    Stanford, CA

    Gross charge
  117. 117

    UCSF Medical Center

    San Francisco, CA

    Gross charge
  118. 118

    University of California Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, CA

    Gross charge
  119. 119

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge
  120. 120

    San Ramon Regional Medical Center

    San Ramon, CA

    Gross charge
  121. 121

    Keck Hospital of USC

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge

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