Shoulder, Elbow & Forearm Surgery Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery on the shoulder, elbow, or forearm — such as fracture repair or tendon and ligament procedures — not including full joint replacement. The stay typically involves the operation, pain control, and early guidance on using the arm safely.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp, CA
Gross charge $10,936Cash pay $6,015 - 2
Patients' Hospital of Redding
Redding, CA
Gross charge $14,501 - 3
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $26,689 - 4
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Truckee, CA
Gross charge $31,892 - 5
Adventist Health Delano
Delano, CA
Gross charge $33,937Cash pay $6,787 - 6
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $35,855Cash pay $9,138 - 7
Sonoma Valley Hospital
Sonoma, CA
Gross charge $50,554Cash pay $35,388 - 8
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $55,017Cash pay $10,000 - 9
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $70,299Cash pay $21,090 - 10
Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow, CA
Gross charge $70,876Cash pay $42,526 - 11
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $71,991Cash pay $43,195 - 12
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $74,086Cash pay $17,781 - 13
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $75,707 - 14
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $78,094Cash pay $79,656 - 15
Adventist Health Sonora
Sonora, CA
Gross charge $91,980Cash pay $15,637 - 16
Adventist Health and Rideout
Marysville, CA
Gross charge $99,913Cash pay $21,981 - 17
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $103,223 - 18Gross charge $104,277Cash pay $7,299
- 19
Adventist Health Tulare
Tulare, CA
Gross charge $108,385Cash pay $20,593 - 20
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $115,750Cash pay $86,813 - 21
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $115,750Cash pay $86,813 - 22
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $115,750Cash pay $86,813 - 23
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $115,750Cash pay $86,813 - 24
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $120,421Cash pay $21,676 - 25
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $133,605 - 26
Washington Health
Fremont, CA
Gross charge $134,748Cash pay $87,586 - 27
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $199,507Cash pay $29,926 - 28
Adventist Health Glendale (Acute Care)
Glendale, CA
Gross charge $199,507Cash pay $29,926 - 29
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $289,741Cash pay $72,435 - 30
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $289,741Cash pay $72,435 - 31
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $289,741Cash pay $72,435 - 32
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $289,741Cash pay $72,435 - 33
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward, CA
Gross charge — - 34
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 35
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
Gross charge — - 36
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 37
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 38
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 39
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Banning, CA
Gross charge — - 40
Antelope Valley Medical Center
Lancaster, CA
Gross charge — - 41
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 42
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 43
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 44
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 45
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 46
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,622 - 47
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 48
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 49
Doctors Hospital of Manteca
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 50
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 51
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 52
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 53
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 54
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 55
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 56
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge — - 57
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 58
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 59
Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Palm Springs, CA
Gross charge — - 60
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 61
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 62
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 63
Hi-Desert Medical Center
Joshua Tree, CA
Gross charge — - 64
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Alhambra, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 67
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care — San Jose)
San Jose, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura
Ventura, CA
Gross charge — - 71
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 72
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 73
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 74
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 75
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 76
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 77
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 78
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 79
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 80
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 81
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)
Thousand Oaks, CA
Gross charge — - 82
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $21,288 - 83
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $19,960 - 84
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 85
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 86
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA
Gross charge — - 87
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 88
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $21,623 - 89
Monterey Park Hospital AHMC
Monterey Park, CA
Gross charge — - 90
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 91
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Redding, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,316 - 92
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 93
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 94
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 95
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 96
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 97
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 98Gross charge —Cash pay $25,674
- 99
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge — - 100
Watsonville Community Hospital
Watsonville, 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 — - 105
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 106
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 107
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 108
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 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 — - 115
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Pomona, CA
Gross charge — - 116
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery (Medicare DRG 512) anywhere from $10,936 to $289,741 — a $278,805 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 $113,061.
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 shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery 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 shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 512 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.