Major Bowel Surgery Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove or repair part of the small or large intestine, often for cancer, polyps, or diverticular disease. This version covers patients with an otherwise uncomplicated recovery focused on pain control and getting the bowel working again.
State average
$114,598
gross charge · DRG 331
Hospitals
41
with published pricing
Price range
$11,118 – $263,354
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp, CA
Gross charge $11,118Cash pay $6,115 - 2
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $11,643 - 3
Adventist Health Glendale (Acute Care)
Glendale, CA
Gross charge $11,643 - 4
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Fort Bragg, CA
Gross charge $35,842Cash pay $23,656 - 5
Adventist Health Delano
Delano, CA
Gross charge $40,325Cash pay $8,065 - 6
Adventist Health and Rideout
Marysville, CA
Gross charge $47,536Cash pay $10,458 - 7
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $52,011 - 8
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $54,240Cash pay $37,968 - 9
Adventist Health Tulare
Tulare, CA
Gross charge $57,249Cash pay $10,877 - 10
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $59,416Cash pay $10,000Medicare pays (avg) $15,943 - 11
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Truckee, CA
Gross charge $60,786 - 12Gross charge $63,724
- 13
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $67,697 - 14
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest, CA
Gross charge $72,809Cash pay $38,589 - 15
Adventist Health Hanford
Hanford, CA
Gross charge $76,505Cash pay $14,536 - 16
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $77,587Cash pay $50,431Medicare pays (avg) $15,187 - 17
Fairchild Medical Center
Yreka, CA
Gross charge $86,632 - 18
Washington Health
Fremont, CA
Gross charge $92,957Cash pay $60,422Medicare pays (avg) $16,311 - 19
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley
Ukiah, CA
Gross charge $101,313Cash pay $20,263 - 20
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $105,163Cash pay $73,614 - 21
Adventist Health Clear Lake
Clearlake, CA
Gross charge $108,865Cash pay $39,191 - 22
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $110,342Cash pay $112,549 - 23
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $111,061Cash pay $66,637 - 24
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $115,049Cash pay $27,612 - 25
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $116,555 - 26
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $129,103Cash pay $9,289Medicare pays (avg) $16,229 - 27
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $133,228Cash pay $23,981 - 28
Adventist Health Sonora
Sonora, CA
Gross charge $143,685Cash pay $24,427 - 29
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $158,711Cash pay $119,033 - 30
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $158,711Cash pay $119,033Medicare pays (avg) $13,606 - 31
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $158,711Cash pay $119,033 - 32
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $158,711Cash pay $119,033 - 33
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA
Gross charge $166,138Cash pay $83,069 - 34
Highland Hospital
Oakland, CA
Gross charge $166,138Cash pay $83,069 - 35
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge $166,646Cash pay $24,997 - 36
Sonoma Valley Hospital
Sonoma, CA
Gross charge $168,420Cash pay $117,894 - 37Gross charge $188,848Cash pay $13,219
- 38
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $263,354Cash pay $65,838 - 39
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $263,354Cash pay $65,838Medicare pays (avg) $14,506 - 40
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $263,354Cash pay $65,838Medicare pays (avg) $16,057 - 41
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $263,354Cash pay $65,838 - 42
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward, CA
Gross charge — - 43
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,316 - 44
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
Gross charge — - 45
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 46
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 47
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 48
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Banning, CA
Gross charge — - 49
Antelope Valley Medical Center
Lancaster, CA
Gross charge — - 50
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 51
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,182 - 52
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 53
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 54
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 55
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,890 - 56
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,645 - 57
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 58
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 59
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 60
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 61
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
San Gabriel, CA
Gross charge — - 62
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 63
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 64
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 65
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge — - 66
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 67
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,057 - 68
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $20,314 - 71
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Alhambra, CA
Gross charge — - 72
AHMC Seton Medical Center
Daly City, CA
Gross charge — - 73
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,388 - 74
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 75
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 76
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,505 - 77
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura
Ventura, CA
Gross charge — - 78
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 79
West Anaheim Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $23,222 - 80
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,385 - 81
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 82
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 83
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 84
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 85
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,900 - 86
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 87
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 88
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)
Thousand Oaks, CA
Gross charge — - 89
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $21,848 - 90
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 91
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 92
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 93
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,196 - 94
Whittier Hospital Medical Center
Whittier, CA
Gross charge — - 95
Monterey Park Hospital AHMC
Monterey Park, CA
Gross charge — - 96
Greater El Monte Community Hospital
South El Monte, CA
Gross charge — - 97
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 98
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Redding, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,858 - 99
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 100
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 101
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 102
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 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 $26,597
- 106
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge — - 107
Community Memorial Hospital – Ojai
Ojai, CA
Gross charge — - 108
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,406 - 109
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital
Santa Monica, CA
Gross charge — - 110
Doctors Hospital of Manteca
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 111
Watsonville Community Hospital
Watsonville, CA
Gross charge — - 112
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,291 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $23,528 - 122
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,411 - 123
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,375 - 124
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,782 - 125
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA
Gross charge — - 126
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,758
California hospitals price major bowel surgery (Medicare DRG 331) anywhere from $11,118 to $263,354 — a $252,236 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp; the most expensive is Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas in Encinitas. The state average sits at $114,598.
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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 331 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.