Diabetes Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Diabetes admitted for blood sugar that is out of control. The hospital stay involves adjusting insulin or other medicines, frequent blood sugar monitoring, and help planning day-to-day management of the condition.
State average
$36,489
gross charge · DRG 639
Hospitals
46
with published pricing
Price range
$2,160 – $96,118
low to high
Data notes for California
- The lowest published charge ($2,160 at Coalinga Regional Medical Center) 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
Coalinga Regional Medical Center
Coalinga, CA
Gross charge $2,160Cash pay $1,296 - 2
Colusa Medical Center
Colusa, CA
Gross charge $2,749Cash pay $1,649 - 3
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp, CA
Gross charge $4,104Cash pay $2,257 - 4
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $11,815Cash pay $2,954 - 5
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $11,815Cash pay $2,954 - 6
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $11,815Cash pay $2,954 - 7
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $11,815Cash pay $2,954 - 8
Adventist Health Reedley
Reedley, CA
Gross charge $12,790Cash pay $2,430 - 9
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Truckee, CA
Gross charge $13,754 - 10
Adventist Health Delano
Delano, CA
Gross charge $14,025Cash pay $2,805 - 11
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest, CA
Gross charge $16,754Cash pay $8,880 - 12
Fairchild Medical Center
Yreka, CA
Gross charge $17,739 - 13
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $18,424 - 14
Kern Valley Healthcare District
Lake Isabella, CA
Gross charge $19,626 - 15
Orchard Hospital
Gridley, CA
Gross charge $21,176Cash pay $12,706 - 16
Adventist Health Tulare
Tulare, CA
Gross charge $22,331Cash pay $4,243 - 17
Adventist Health Hanford
Hanford, CA
Gross charge $22,511Cash pay $4,277 - 18
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $23,347Cash pay $16,343 - 19
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley
Ukiah, CA
Gross charge $24,588Cash pay $4,918 - 20
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $25,389 - 21
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $28,722Cash pay $7,000 - 22
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley
Tehachapi, CA
Gross charge $31,387Cash pay $8,474 - 23
Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow, CA
Gross charge $31,732Cash pay $19,039 - 24
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge $31,824Cash pay $4,774 - 25
Adventist Health and Rideout
Marysville, CA
Gross charge $34,320Cash pay $7,550 - 26
Adventist Health Clear Lake
Clearlake, CA
Gross charge $42,884Cash pay $15,438 - 27
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $43,246Cash pay $44,111 - 28
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $45,797 - 29
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Fort Bragg, CA
Gross charge $46,558Cash pay $30,728 - 30
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $48,492Cash pay $36,369 - 31
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $48,492Cash pay $36,369 - 32
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $48,492Cash pay $36,369 - 33
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $48,492Cash pay $36,369 - 34
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $49,219Cash pay $14,766 - 35
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $50,183 - 36
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $52,326Cash pay $3,455 - 37
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA
Gross charge $54,523Cash pay $27,262 - 38
Highland Hospital
Oakland, CA
Gross charge $54,523Cash pay $27,262 - 39
Washington Health
Fremont, CA
Gross charge $54,862Cash pay $35,660 - 40
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $57,220Cash pay $10,300 - 41
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $57,439Cash pay $34,464 - 42
Adventist Health Sonora
Sonora, CA
Gross charge $61,568Cash pay $10,467 - 43
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $78,903Cash pay $11,835 - 44
Adventist Health Glendale (Acute Care)
Glendale, CA
Gross charge $78,903Cash pay $11,835 - 45
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $93,561Cash pay $22,455 - 46Gross charge $96,118Cash pay $6,728
- 47
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward, CA
Gross charge — - 48
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 49
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
Gross charge — - 50
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 51
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 52
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 53
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Banning, CA
Gross charge — - 54
Antelope Valley Medical Center
Lancaster, CA
Gross charge — - 55
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 56
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 57
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 58
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 59
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 60
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $19,024 - 61
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,534 - 62
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 63
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 64
Doctors Hospital of Manteca
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 67
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 69
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 71
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge — - 72
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 73
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 74
Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Palm Springs, CA
Gross charge — - 75
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 76
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 77
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 78
Hi-Desert Medical Center
Joshua Tree, CA
Gross charge — - 79
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Alhambra, CA
Gross charge — - 80
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 81
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 82
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 83
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA
Gross charge — - 84
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care — San Jose)
San Jose, CA
Gross charge — - 85
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura
Ventura, CA
Gross charge — - 86
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 87
West Anaheim Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,120 - 88
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 89
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 90
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 91
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 92
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 93
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 94
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 95
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 96
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)
Thousand Oaks, CA
Gross charge — - 97
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,930 - 98
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 99
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 100
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA
Gross charge — - 101
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 102
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,621 - 103
Monterey Park Hospital AHMC
Monterey Park, CA
Gross charge — - 104
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 105
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Redding, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,994 - 106
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 107
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 108
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 109
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 110
Glenn Medical Center
Willows, CA
Gross charge — - 111
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 112
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 113Gross charge —Cash pay $9,910
- 114
Seneca District Hospital
Chester, CA
Gross charge — - 115
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge — - 116
Watsonville Community Hospital
Watsonville, CA
Gross charge — - 117
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach, CA
Gross charge — - 118
Sierra View Medical Center
Porterville, CA
Gross charge — - 119
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Pleasanton, CA
Gross charge — - 120
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Los Angeles, 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
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 126
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital
Santa Monica, CA
Gross charge — - 127
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
San Gabriel, CA
Gross charge — - 128
AHMC Seton Medical Center
Daly City, CA
Gross charge — - 129
Whittier Hospital Medical Center
Whittier, CA
Gross charge — - 130
Greater El Monte Community Hospital
South El Monte, CA
Gross charge — - 131
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 132
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Pomona, CA
Gross charge — - 133
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price diabetes (Medicare DRG 639) anywhere from $2,160 to $96,118 — a $93,958 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Coalinga Regional Medical Center in Coalinga; the most expensive is Adventist Health Lodi Memorial (Acute Care) in Lodi. The state average sits at $36,489.
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 diabetes 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 diabetes 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 diabetes in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 639 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.