DRG 605 · Skin

Skin & Soft Tissue Injury Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals

An injury to the skin, the soft tissue beneath it, or the breast, such as a deep wound or severe bruising from an accident. Hospital care typically involves cleaning and treating the wound, pain control, and watching for infection.

State average
$52,324
gross charge · DRG 605
Hospitals
37
with published pricing
Price range
$6,052 – $134,621
low to high
Lowest $6,052 Highest $134,621

California hospitals price skin & soft tissue injury (Medicare DRG 605) anywhere from $6,052 to $134,621 — a $128,569 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp; the most expensive is Riverside University Health System Medical Center in Moreno Valley. The state average sits at $52,324.

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 skin & soft tissue injury 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 skin & soft tissue injury 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 skin & soft tissue injury in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 605 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

    San Joaquin General Hospital

    French Camp, CA

    Gross charge $6,052
    Cash pay $3,328
  2. 2

    Adventist Health Tulare

    Tulare, CA

    Gross charge $11,033
    Cash pay $2,096
  3. 3

    Adventist Health St Helena

    Saint Helena, CA

    Gross charge $11,142
    Cash pay $1,671
  4. 4

    Adventist Health Glendale (Acute Care)

    Glendale, CA

    Gross charge $11,142
    Cash pay $1,671
  5. 5

    Modoc Medical Center

    Alturas, CA

    Gross charge $14,313
  6. 6

    Tahoe Forest Hospital

    Truckee, CA

    Gross charge $16,172
  7. 7

    Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello

    Montebello, CA

    Gross charge $22,591
  8. 8

    Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Oceanside, CA

    Gross charge $23,531
    Cash pay $14,119
  9. 9

    Adventist Health Howard Memorial

    Willits, CA

    Gross charge $24,781
    Cash pay $7,434
  10. 10
    Gross charge $30,982
  11. 11

    Scripps Mercy Hospital

    San Diego, CA

    Gross charge $36,090
    Cash pay $9,022
  12. 12

    Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

    La Jolla, CA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $36,090
    Cash pay $9,022
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,336
  13. 13

    Scripps Green Hospital

    La Jolla, CA

    Gross charge $36,090
    Cash pay $9,022
  14. 14

    Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

    Encinitas, CA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $36,090
    Cash pay $9,022
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,649
  15. 15

    Kaweah Health Medical Center

    Visalia, CA

    Gross charge $40,199
    Cash pay $7,000
  16. 16

    Adventist Health Sonora

    Sonora, CA

    Gross charge $42,175
    Cash pay $7,170
  17. 17

    Adventist Health Ukiah Valley

    Ukiah, CA

    Gross charge $43,478
    Cash pay $8,696
  18. 18

    Adventist Health Bakersfield

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge $48,447
    Cash pay $7,267
  19. 19

    Barstow Community Hospital

    Barstow, CA

    Gross charge $48,714
    Cash pay $29,229
  20. 20
    Gross charge $49,535
    Cash pay $3,467
  21. 21

    San Antonio Regional Hospital

    Upland, CA

    Gross charge $53,719
    Cash pay $54,794
  22. 22

    Adventist Health and Rideout

    Marysville, CA

    Gross charge $58,719
    Cash pay $12,918
  23. 23

    Adventist Health Hanford

    Hanford, CA

    Gross charge $59,697
    Cash pay $11,342
  24. 24

    Adventist Health White Memorial

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge $61,245
    Cash pay $11,024
  25. 25

    Sharp Memorial Hospital

    San Diego, CA

    Gross charge $68,648
    Cash pay $51,486
  26. 26

    Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

    Chula Vista, CA

    Gross charge $68,648
    Cash pay $51,486
  27. 27

    Sharp Grossmont Hospital

    La Mesa, CA

    Gross charge $68,648
    Cash pay $51,486
  28. 28

    Sharp Coronado Hospital

    Coronado, CA

    Gross charge $68,648
    Cash pay $51,486
  29. 29

    Eisenhower Medical Center

    Rancho Mirage, CA

    Gross charge $69,794
    Cash pay $5,075
  30. 30

    Fairchild Medical Center

    Yreka, CA

    Gross charge $75,184
  31. 31

    Alameda Hospital

    Alameda, CA

    Gross charge $75,997
    Cash pay $37,999
  32. 32

    Highland Hospital

    Oakland, CA

    Gross charge $75,997
    Cash pay $37,999
  33. 33

    Washington Health

    Fremont, CA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $91,403
    Cash pay $59,412
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,234
  34. 34

    El Centro Regional Medical Center

    El Centro, CA

    Gross charge $93,086
    Cash pay $65,160
  35. 35

    Natividad Medical Center

    Salinas, CA

    Gross charge $95,192
  36. 36

    Redlands Community Hospital

    Redlands, CA

    Gross charge $128,097
    Cash pay $30,743
  37. 37

    Riverside University Health System Medical Center

    Moreno Valley, CA

    Gross charge $134,621
  38. 38

    St. Rose Hospital

    Hayward, CA

    Gross charge —
  39. 39

    Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital

    Sacramento, CA

    Gross charge —
  40. 40

    Riverside Community Hospital

    Riverside, CA

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  41. 41

    Mad River Community Hospital

    Arcata, CA

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  42. 42

    Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge —
  43. 43

    St Elizabeth Community Hospital

    Red Bluff, CA

    Gross charge —
  44. 44

    San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital

    Banning, CA

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  45. 45

    Antelope Valley Medical Center

    Lancaster, CA

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  46. 46

    Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center

    Glendale, CA

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  47. 47

    St. John's Regional Medical Center

    Oxnard, CA

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  48. 48

    St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton

    Stockton, CA

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  49. 49

    Community Hospital of San Bernardino

    San Bernardino, CA

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  50. 50

    Community Hospital of Huntington Park

    Huntington Park, CA

    Gross charge —
  51. 51

    Saint Agnes Medical Center

    Fresno, CA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $29,700
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,724
  52. 52

    St. Francis Medical Center

    Lynwood, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $9,409
  53. 53

    Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Santa Maria, CA

    Gross charge —
  54. 54

    Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Northridge, CA

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  55. 55

    Doctors Hospital of Manteca

    Manteca, CA

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  56. 56

    Valley Presbyterian Hospital

    Van Nuys, CA

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  57. 57

    Woodland Memorial Hospital

    Woodland, CA

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  58. 58

    St Bernardine Medical Center

    San Bernardino, CA

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  59. 59

    Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

    Grass Valley, CA

    Gross charge —
  60. 60

    UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital

    San Francisco, CA

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  61. 61

    Sequoia Hospital

    Redwood City, CA

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  62. 62

    AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center

    Anaheim, CA

    Gross charge —
  63. 63

    French Hospital Medical Center

    San Luis Obispo, CA

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  64. 64

    Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital

    Santa Cruz, CA

    Gross charge —
  65. 65

    Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Palm Springs, CA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,851
  66. 66

    Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

    Colton, CA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,273
  67. 67

    Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge —
  68. 68

    Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge —
  69. 69

    Hi-Desert Medical Center

    Joshua Tree, CA

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  70. 70

    Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Alhambra, CA

    Gross charge —
  71. 71

    Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge —
  72. 72

    Providence St. Mary Medical Center

    Apple Valley, CA

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  73. 73

    Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Loma Linda, CA

    Gross charge —
  74. 74

    Marinhealth Medical Center

    Greenbrae, CA

    Gross charge —
  75. 75
    Gross charge —
  76. 76

    Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura

    Ventura, CA

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  77. 77

    Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom

    Folsom, CA

    Gross charge —
  78. 78

    West Anaheim Medical Center

    Anaheim, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $13,210
  79. 79

    Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)

    Pasadena, CA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,359
  80. 80

    Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center

    Merced, CA

    Gross charge —
  81. 81

    UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital

    San Francisco, CA

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  82. 82

    Memorial Hospital of Gardena

    Gardena, CA

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  83. 83

    UCLA West Valley Medical Center

    West Hills, CA

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  84. 84

    Clovis Community Medical Center

    Clovis, CA

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  85. 85

    Adventist Health Sierra Vista

    San Luis Obispo, CA

    Gross charge —
  86. 86

    Mercy San Juan Medical Center

    Carmichael, CA

    Gross charge —
  87. 87

    Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)

    Thousand Oaks, CA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,459
  88. 88

    La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)

    La Palma, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $12,410
  89. 89

    San Dimas Community Hospital

    San Dimas, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $11,572
  90. 90

    Methodist Hospital of Sacramento

    Sacramento, CA

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  91. 91

    East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital

    Los Angeles, CA

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  92. 92

    San Ramon Regional Medical Center

    San Ramon, CA

    Gross charge —
  93. 93
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  94. 94

    Desert Valley Hospital

    Victorville, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $12,558
  95. 95

    Monterey Park Hospital AHMC

    Monterey Park, CA

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  96. 96

    Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital

    Marina Del Rey, CA

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  97. 97

    Shasta Regional Medical Center

    Redding, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $11,725
  98. 98

    Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta

    Murrieta, CA

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  99. 99

    Coast Plaza Hospital

    Norwalk, CA

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  100. 100

    Loma Linda University Children's Hospital

    Loma Linda, CA

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  101. 101

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital

    Los Angeles, CA

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  102. 102

    Colusa Medical Center

    Colusa, CA

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  103. 103

    Glenn Medical Center

    Willows, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $825
  104. 104

    Mountains Community Hospital

    Lake Arrowhead, CA

    Gross charge —
  105. 105

    Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta

    Mount Shasta, CA

    Gross charge —
  106. 106
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $14,460
  107. 107
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $1,064
  108. 108

    Mark Twain Medical Center

    San Andreas, CA

    Gross charge —
  109. 109
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $1,084
  110. 110

    Watsonville Community Hospital

    Watsonville, CA

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  111. 111

    Sierra View Medical Center

    Porterville, CA

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  112. 112

    Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

    Pleasanton, CA

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  113. 113

    Los Angeles General Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge —
  114. 114

    Stanford Health Care

    Stanford, CA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,420
  115. 115

    UCSF Medical Center

    San Francisco, CA

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  116. 116

    University of California Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, CA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,888
  117. 117

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,598
  118. 118

    Keck Hospital of USC

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge —
  119. 119

    Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital

    Santa Monica, CA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,352
  120. 120

    San Gabriel Valley Medical Center

    San Gabriel, CA

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  121. 121

    AHMC Seton Medical Center

    Daly City, CA

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  122. 122

    Whittier Hospital Medical Center

    Whittier, CA

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  123. 123

    Greater El Monte Community Hospital

    South El Monte, CA

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  124. 124

    Community Regional Medical Center

    Fresno, CA

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  125. 125

    Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

    Pomona, CA

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  126. 126

    Northbay Medical Center

    Fairfield, CA

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