DRG 511 · Musculoskeletal

Shoulder, Elbow & Forearm Surgery Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery on the shoulder, elbow, or forearm other than a full joint replacement, such as repairing a fracture or a torn tendon, in patients who also have complicating conditions. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery.

State average
$125,209
gross charge · DRG 511
Hospitals
32
with published pricing
Price range
$7,562 – $277,867
low to high
Lowest $7,562 Highest $277,867

California hospitals price shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery (Medicare DRG 511) anywhere from $7,562 to $277,867 — a $270,305 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Adventist Health and Rideout in Marysville; the most expensive is Adventist Health Glendale (Acute Care) in Glendale. The state average sits at $125,209.

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 511 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Adventist Health and Rideout

    Marysville, CA

    Gross charge $7,562
  2. 2

    San Joaquin General Hospital

    French Camp, CA

    Gross charge $13,738
    Cash pay $7,556
  3. 3
    Gross charge $17,689
  4. 4

    Adventist Health Ukiah Valley

    Ukiah, CA

    Gross charge $20,957
    Cash pay $4,191
  5. 5

    Sonoma Valley Hospital

    Sonoma, CA

    Gross charge $64,029
    Cash pay $44,820
  6. 6

    Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Oceanside, CA

    Gross charge $65,569
    Cash pay $39,341
  7. 7

    Kaweah Health Medical Center

    Visalia, CA

    Gross charge $66,445
    Cash pay $13,500
  8. 8

    Adventist Health Hanford

    Hanford, CA

    Gross charge $69,789
    Cash pay $13,260
  9. 9

    San Antonio Regional Hospital

    Upland, CA

    Gross charge $79,731
    Cash pay $81,326
  10. 10

    Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello

    Montebello, CA

    Gross charge $82,226
  11. 11

    Saint Agnes Medical Center

    Fresno, CA

    Gross charge $90,184
    Cash pay $58,619
  12. 12

    Tahoe Forest Hospital

    Truckee, CA

    Gross charge $90,891
  13. 13

    Adventist Health Howard Memorial

    Willits, CA

    Gross charge $99,286
    Cash pay $29,786
  14. 14

    Adventist Health Bakersfield

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge $99,737
    Cash pay $14,961
  15. 15

    Fairchild Medical Center

    Yreka, CA

    Gross charge $115,209
  16. 16

    Regional Medical Center

    San Jose, CA

    Gross charge $116,936
    Cash pay $81,855
  17. 17

    Eisenhower Medical Center

    Rancho Mirage, CA

    Gross charge $139,709
    Cash pay $6,571
  18. 18

    Adventist Health Sonora

    Sonora, CA

    Gross charge $148,138
    Cash pay $25,183
  19. 19

    Natividad Medical Center

    Salinas, CA

    Gross charge $148,869
  20. 20

    Scripps Mercy Hospital

    San Diego, CA

    Gross charge $160,068
    Cash pay $40,017
  21. 21

    Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

    La Jolla, CA

    Gross charge $160,068
    Cash pay $40,017
  22. 22

    Scripps Green Hospital

    La Jolla, CA

    Gross charge $160,068
    Cash pay $40,017
  23. 23

    Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

    Encinitas, CA

    Gross charge $160,068
    Cash pay $40,017
  24. 24

    Adventist Health White Memorial

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge $164,754
    Cash pay $29,656
  25. 25

    Sharp Grossmont Hospital

    La Mesa, CA

    Gross charge $176,491
    Cash pay $132,368
  26. 26

    Sharp Memorial Hospital

    San Diego, CA

    Gross charge $176,491
    Cash pay $132,368
  27. 27

    Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

    Chula Vista, CA

    Gross charge $176,491
    Cash pay $132,368
  28. 28

    Sharp Coronado Hospital

    Coronado, CA

    Gross charge $176,491
    Cash pay $132,368
  29. 29

    Redlands Community Hospital

    Redlands, CA

    Gross charge $184,453
    Cash pay $44,269
  30. 30

    Washington Health

    Fremont, CA

    Gross charge $218,820
    Cash pay $142,233
  31. 31

    Adventist Health St Helena

    Saint Helena, CA

    Gross charge $277,867
    Cash pay $41,680
  32. 32

    Adventist Health Glendale (Acute Care)

    Glendale, CA

    Gross charge $277,867
    Cash pay $41,680
  33. 33

    St. Rose Hospital

    Hayward, CA

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital

    Sacramento, CA

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Riverside Community Hospital

    Riverside, CA

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    Mad River Community Hospital

    Arcata, CA

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    St Elizabeth Community Hospital

    Red Bluff, CA

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital

    Banning, CA

    Gross charge
  40. 40

    Antelope Valley Medical Center

    Lancaster, CA

    Gross charge
  41. 41

    Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center

    Glendale, CA

    Gross charge
  42. 42

    St. John's Regional Medical Center

    Oxnard, CA

    Gross charge
  43. 43

    St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton

    Stockton, CA

    Gross charge
  44. 44

    Community Hospital of San Bernardino

    San Bernardino, CA

    Gross charge
  45. 45

    Community Hospital of Huntington Park

    Huntington Park, CA

    Gross charge
  46. 46

    St. Francis Medical Center

    Lynwood, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $20,758
  47. 47

    Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Santa Maria, CA

    Gross charge
  48. 48

    Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Northridge, CA

    Gross charge
  49. 49

    Valley Presbyterian Hospital

    Van Nuys, CA

    Gross charge
  50. 50

    Woodland Memorial Hospital

    Woodland, CA

    Gross charge
  51. 51

    St Bernardine Medical Center

    San Bernardino, CA

    Gross charge
  52. 52

    San Gabriel Valley Medical Center

    San Gabriel, CA

    Gross charge
  53. 53

    Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

    Grass Valley, CA

    Gross charge
  54. 54

    UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital

    San Francisco, CA

    Gross charge
  55. 55

    Sequoia Hospital

    Redwood City, CA

    Gross charge
  56. 56

    AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center

    Anaheim, CA

    Gross charge
  57. 57

    French Hospital Medical Center

    San Luis Obispo, CA

    Gross charge
  58. 58

    Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital

    Santa Cruz, CA

    Gross charge
  59. 59

    Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

    Colton, CA

    Gross charge
  60. 60

    Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge
  61. 61

    Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge
  62. 62

    Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Alhambra, CA

    Gross charge
  63. 63

    AHMC Seton Medical Center

    Daly City, CA

    Gross charge
  64. 64

    Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge
  65. 65

    Providence St. Mary Medical Center

    Apple Valley, CA

    Gross charge
  66. 66

    Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Loma Linda, CA

    Gross charge
  67. 67

    Marinhealth Medical Center

    Greenbrae, CA

    Gross charge
  68. 68

    Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura

    Ventura, CA

    Gross charge
  69. 69

    Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom

    Folsom, CA

    Gross charge
  70. 70

    West Anaheim Medical Center

    Anaheim, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $27,492
  71. 71
    Gross charge
  72. 72

    Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center

    Merced, CA

    Gross charge
  73. 73

    UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital

    San Francisco, CA

    Gross charge
  74. 74

    Memorial Hospital of Gardena

    Gardena, CA

    Gross charge
  75. 75

    UCLA West Valley Medical Center

    West Hills, CA

    Gross charge
  76. 76

    Clovis Community Medical Center

    Clovis, CA

    Gross charge
  77. 77

    Adventist Health Sierra Vista

    San Luis Obispo, CA

    Gross charge
  78. 78

    Mercy San Juan Medical Center

    Carmichael, CA

    Gross charge
  79. 79
    Gross charge
  80. 80

    La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)

    La Palma, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $25,874
  81. 81

    San Dimas Community Hospital

    San Dimas, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $24,292
  82. 82

    Methodist Hospital of Sacramento

    Sacramento, CA

    Gross charge
  83. 83

    East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge
  84. 84
    Gross charge
  85. 85

    Desert Valley Hospital

    Victorville, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $26,306
  86. 86

    Whittier Hospital Medical Center

    Whittier, CA

    Gross charge
  87. 87

    Monterey Park Hospital AHMC

    Monterey Park, CA

    Gross charge
  88. 88

    Greater El Monte Community Hospital

    South El Monte, CA

    Gross charge
  89. 89

    Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital

    Marina Del Rey, CA

    Gross charge
  90. 90

    Shasta Regional Medical Center

    Redding, CA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $24,753
  91. 91

    Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta

    Murrieta, CA

    Gross charge
  92. 92

    Coast Plaza Hospital

    Norwalk, CA

    Gross charge
  93. 93

    Loma Linda University Children's Hospital

    Loma Linda, CA

    Gross charge
  94. 94

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge
  95. 95

    Mountains Community Hospital

    Lake Arrowhead, CA

    Gross charge
  96. 96

    Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta

    Mount Shasta, CA

    Gross charge
  97. 97
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $31,719
  98. 98

    Mark Twain Medical Center

    San Andreas, CA

    Gross charge
  99. 99
    Gross charge
  100. 100

    Community Regional Medical Center

    Fresno, CA

    Gross charge
  101. 101
    Gross charge
  102. 102

    Doctors Hospital of Manteca

    Manteca, CA

    Gross charge
  103. 103

    Watsonville Community Hospital

    Watsonville, CA

    Gross charge
  104. 104

    Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

    Newport Beach, CA

    Gross charge
  105. 105

    Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

    Pomona, CA

    Gross charge
  106. 106

    Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Palm Springs, CA

    Gross charge
  107. 107

    Sierra View Medical Center

    Porterville, CA

    Gross charge
  108. 108

    Hi-Desert Medical Center

    Joshua Tree, CA

    Gross charge
  109. 109

    Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

    Pleasanton, CA

    Gross charge
  110. 110

    Northbay Medical Center

    Fairfield, CA

    Gross charge
  111. 111

    Los Angeles General Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge
  112. 112
    Gross charge
  113. 113

    Stanford Health Care

    Stanford, CA

    Gross charge
  114. 114

    UCSF Medical Center

    San Francisco, CA

    Gross charge
  115. 115

    University of California Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, CA

    Gross charge
  116. 116

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge
  117. 117

    San Ramon Regional Medical Center

    San Ramon, CA

    Gross charge
  118. 118

    Keck Hospital of USC

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge

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