ECMO or Tracheostomy with Ventilation Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
The most intensive level of life support: a heart-lung bypass machine (ECMO) or a surgically placed breathing tube (tracheostomy) with a ventilator for an extended period. These are long intensive-care stays for critically ill patients whose heart or lungs are failing.
State average
$954,122
gross charge · DRG 003
Hospitals
30
with published pricing
Price range
$126,203 – $1,701,436
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Sonoma Valley Hospital
Sonoma, CA
Gross charge $126,203Cash pay $88,342 - 2
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp, CA
Gross charge $140,225Cash pay $77,123 - 3
Adventist Health Tulare
Tulare, CA
Gross charge $365,936Cash pay $69,528 - 4
Adventist Health Sonora
Sonora, CA
Gross charge $392,780Cash pay $66,773 - 5
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $450,380Cash pay $270,228 - 6
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $480,971Cash pay $144,291 - 7
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $494,278 - 8
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $581,275Cash pay $87,191 - 9
Adventist Health Glendale (Acute Care)
Glendale, CA
Gross charge $581,275Cash pay $87,191 - 10
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $616,793Cash pay $431,755 - 11
Adventist Health and Rideout
Marysville, CA
Gross charge $737,380Cash pay $162,224 - 12
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge $828,828Cash pay $124,324 - 13
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $885,169Cash pay $116,678 - 14
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $899,745Cash pay $139,500 - 15
Adventist Health Hanford
Hanford, CA
Gross charge $973,865Cash pay $185,034 - 16
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $1,093,260Cash pay $196,787 - 17
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $1,160,087Cash pay $870,065Medicare pays (avg) $240,800 - 18
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $1,160,087Cash pay $870,065 - 19
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $1,160,087Cash pay $870,065 - 20
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $1,160,087Cash pay $870,065 - 21
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $1,189,968Cash pay $285,592 - 22
Washington Health
Fremont, CA
Gross charge $1,281,288Cash pay $832,837 - 23
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $1,300,763Cash pay $1,326,778 - 24
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $1,311,217 - 25
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $1,466,609Cash pay $366,652 - 26
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $1,466,609Cash pay $366,652Medicare pays (avg) $240,844 - 27
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $1,466,609Cash pay $366,652 - 28
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $1,466,609Cash pay $366,652 - 29Gross charge $1,683,840Cash pay $117,869
- 30
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $1,701,436Medicare pays (avg) $319,220 - 31
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward, CA
Gross charge — - 32
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $373,681 - 33
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $228,701 - 34
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 35
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 36
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 37
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Banning, CA
Gross charge — - 38
Antelope Valley Medical Center
Lancaster, CA
Gross charge — - 39
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 40
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 41
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 42
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 43
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 44
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $444,380 - 45
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $207,518 - 46
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 47
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $202,730 - 48
Doctors Hospital of Manteca
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 49
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 50
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 51
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 52
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 53
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 54
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 55
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge — - 56
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 57
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 58
Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Palm Springs, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $174,178 - 59
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 60
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 61
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $337,225 - 62
Hi-Desert Medical Center
Joshua Tree, CA
Gross charge — - 63
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Alhambra, CA
Gross charge — - 64
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $269,905 - 67
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care — San Jose)
San Jose, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura
Ventura, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 71
West Anaheim Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $295,522 - 72
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 73
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 74
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 75
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 76
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 77
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 78
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 79
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 80
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)
Thousand Oaks, CA
Gross charge — - 81
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $278,542 - 82
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $263,001 - 83
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 84
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 85
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA
Gross charge — - 86
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 87
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $284,310 - 88
Monterey Park Hospital AHMC
Monterey Park, CA
Gross charge — - 89
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 90
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Redding, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $269,252 - 91
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 92
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 93
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 94
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 95
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 96
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 97Gross charge —Cash pay $339,144
- 98
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge — - 99
Watsonville Community Hospital
Watsonville, CA
Gross charge — - 100
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach, CA
Gross charge — - 101
Sierra View Medical Center
Porterville, CA
Gross charge — - 102
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Pleasanton, CA
Gross charge — - 103
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 104
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $594,522 - 105
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $404,294 - 106
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $383,463 - 107
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $351,751 - 108
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $367,608 - 109
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital
Santa Monica, CA
Gross charge — - 110
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
San Gabriel, CA
Gross charge — - 111
AHMC Seton Medical Center
Daly City, CA
Gross charge — - 112
Whittier Hospital Medical Center
Whittier, CA
Gross charge — - 113
Greater El Monte Community Hospital
South El Monte, CA
Gross charge — - 114
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $229,637 - 115
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Pomona, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $206,196 - 116
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation (Medicare DRG 003) anywhere from $126,203 to $1,701,436 — a $1,575,234 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Sonoma Valley Hospital in Sonoma; the most expensive is Riverside University Health System Medical Center in Moreno Valley. The state average sits at $954,122.
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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 003 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.