COPD Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
A flare-up of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a long-term lung condition that makes breathing difficult. Hospital care typically includes inhaled breathing treatments, steroids, oxygen if needed, and monitoring until breathing improves.
State average
$48,978
gross charge · DRG 192
Hospitals
38
with published pricing
Price range
$4,241 – $150,803
low to high
Data notes for California
- The lowest published charge ($4,241 at San Joaquin General Hospital) 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
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp, CA
Gross charge $4,241Cash pay $2,333 - 2
Coalinga Regional Medical Center
Coalinga, CA
Gross charge $5,446Cash pay $3,268 - 3
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $8,411Cash pay $2,103 - 4
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $8,411Cash pay $2,103 - 5
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $8,411Cash pay $2,103 - 6
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $8,411Cash pay $2,103 - 7
Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow, CA
Gross charge $18,323Cash pay $10,994 - 8
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $19,051Cash pay $12,383 - 9
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $19,296Cash pay $13,507 - 10
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $19,718Cash pay $3,570 - 11
Adventist Health Reedley
Reedley, CA
Gross charge $20,996Cash pay $3,989 - 12
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $23,206Cash pay $7,000 - 13
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $23,827 - 14
Fairchild Medical Center
Yreka, CA
Gross charge $26,401 - 15
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $36,621Cash pay $21,972 - 16
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $36,866 - 17
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley
Ukiah, CA
Gross charge $37,957Cash pay $7,591 - 18
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $41,731Cash pay $29,212 - 19
Orchard Hospital
Gridley, CA
Gross charge $43,291Cash pay $25,975 - 20
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $43,438 - 21
Washington Health
Fremont, CA
Gross charge $46,495Cash pay $30,222 - 22
Adventist Health Hanford
Hanford, CA
Gross charge $47,367Cash pay $9,000 - 23
Adventist Health Clear Lake
Clearlake, CA
Gross charge $47,599Cash pay $17,136 - 24
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $47,839 - 25
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $50,821Cash pay $38,116Medicare pays (avg) $6,039 - 26
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $50,821Cash pay $38,116 - 27
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $50,821Cash pay $38,116 - 28
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $50,821Cash pay $38,116 - 29
Adventist Health and Rideout
Marysville, CA
Gross charge $57,938Cash pay $12,746 - 30Gross charge $76,612Cash pay $5,363
- 31
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $82,975Cash pay $14,935 - 32
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge $92,982Cash pay $13,947 - 33
Kern Valley Healthcare District
Lake Isabella, CA
Gross charge $104,078 - 34
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA
Gross charge $107,629 - 35
Highland Hospital
Oakland, CA
Gross charge $107,629 - 36
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $113,264Cash pay $27,183 - 37
Colusa Medical Center
Colusa, CA
Gross charge $120,625Cash pay $72,375 - 38
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $150,803Cash pay $153,819 - 39
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward, CA
Gross charge — - 40
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 41
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
Gross charge — - 42
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 43
Oroville Hospital
Oroville, CA
Gross charge — - 44
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 45
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 46
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Banning, CA
Gross charge — - 47
Antelope Valley Medical Center
Lancaster, CA
Gross charge — - 48
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, 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 $6,736 - 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
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
San Gabriel, CA
Gross charge — - 60
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 61
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 62
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 63
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge — - 64
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 67
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Alhambra, CA
Gross charge — - 70
AHMC Seton Medical Center
Daly City, CA
Gross charge — - 71
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 72
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 73
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 74
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA
Gross charge — - 75
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura
Ventura, CA
Gross charge — - 76
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 77
West Anaheim Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,403 - 78
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 79
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 80
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 81
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 82
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 83
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 84
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 85
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 86
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)
Thousand Oaks, CA
Gross charge — - 87
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,822 - 88
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,183 - 89
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 90
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 91
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 92
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,894 - 93
Whittier Hospital Medical Center
Whittier, CA
Gross charge — - 94
Monterey Park Hospital AHMC
Monterey Park, CA
Gross charge — - 95
Greater El Monte Community Hospital
South El Monte, CA
Gross charge — - 96
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 97
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Redding, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,253 - 98
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 99
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 100
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 101
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 102
Glenn Medical Center
Willows, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $914 - 103
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 104
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 105Gross charge —Cash pay $10,213
- 106
Seneca District Hospital
Chester, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,181 - 107
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge — - 108
Community Memorial Hospital – Ojai
Ojai, CA
Gross charge — - 109
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 110
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital
Santa Monica, CA
Gross charge — - 111
Doctors Hospital of Manteca
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 112
Watsonville Community Hospital
Watsonville, CA
Gross charge — - 113
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Pomona, CA
Gross charge — - 114
Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Palm Springs, CA
Gross charge — - 115
Sierra View Medical Center
Porterville, CA
Gross charge — - 116
Hi-Desert Medical Center
Joshua Tree, CA
Gross charge — - 117
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Pleasanton, CA
Gross charge — - 118
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge — - 119
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 120
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care — San Jose)
San Jose, CA
Gross charge — - 121
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
Gross charge — - 122
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 123
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 124
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 125
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA
Gross charge — - 126
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price copd (Medicare DRG 192) anywhere from $4,241 to $150,803 — a $146,562 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp; the most expensive is San Antonio Regional Hospital in Upland. The state average sits at $48,978.
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 copd 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 copd 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 copd in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 192 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.