DRG 502 · Musculoskeletal

Soft Tissue Surgery Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery on muscles, tendons, or other soft tissues, such as removing a growth or repairing damaged tissue. The stay includes the operation and monitoring of the surgical site during early healing.

State average
$84,103
gross charge · DRG 502
Hospitals
29
with published pricing
Price range
$8,892 – $186,412
low to high
Lowest $8,892 Highest $186,412

California hospitals price soft tissue surgery (Medicare DRG 502) anywhere from $8,892 to $186,412 — a $177,520 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp; the most expensive is Adventist Health White Memorial in Los Angeles. The state average sits at $84,103.

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 soft tissue surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling soft tissue 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 soft tissue surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 502 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 $8,892
    Cash pay $4,890
  2. 2
    Gross charge $12,602
  3. 3

    Adventist Health Delano

    Delano, CA

    Gross charge $18,373
    Cash pay $3,675
  4. 4

    Kaweah Health Medical Center

    Visalia, CA

    Gross charge $42,156
    Cash pay $6,500
  5. 5

    Tahoe Forest Hospital

    Truckee, CA

    Gross charge $42,630
  6. 6

    Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello

    Montebello, CA

    Gross charge $42,889
  7. 7

    Adventist Health Howard Memorial

    Willits, CA

    Gross charge $49,530
    Cash pay $14,859
  8. 8
    Gross charge $57,147
  9. 9

    Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Oceanside, CA

    Gross charge $57,972
    Cash pay $34,783
  10. 10

    Eisenhower Medical Center

    Rancho Mirage, CA

    Gross charge $64,999
    Cash pay $7,438
  11. 11

    Adventist Health Clear Lake

    Clearlake, CA

    Gross charge $69,772
    Cash pay $25,118
  12. 12

    San Antonio Regional Hospital

    Upland, CA

    Gross charge $80,351
    Cash pay $81,958
  13. 13

    Redlands Community Hospital

    Redlands, CA

    Gross charge $87,500
    Cash pay $21,000
  14. 14

    Washington Health

    Fremont, CA

    Gross charge $88,385
    Cash pay $57,450
  15. 15
    Gross charge $88,466
    Cash pay $6,193
  16. 16

    Natividad Medical Center

    Salinas, CA

    Gross charge $91,844
  17. 17

    Sharp Memorial Hospital

    San Diego, CA

    Gross charge $102,945
    Cash pay $77,209
  18. 18

    Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

    Chula Vista, CA

    Gross charge $102,945
    Cash pay $77,209
  19. 19

    Sharp Grossmont Hospital

    La Mesa, CA

    Gross charge $102,945
    Cash pay $77,209
  20. 20

    Sharp Coronado Hospital

    Coronado, CA

    Gross charge $102,945
    Cash pay $77,209
  21. 21

    Adventist Health Tulare

    Tulare, CA

    Gross charge $109,516
    Cash pay $20,808
  22. 22

    Scripps Mercy Hospital

    San Diego, CA

    Gross charge $109,756
    Cash pay $27,439
  23. 23

    Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

    La Jolla, CA

    Gross charge $109,756
    Cash pay $27,439
  24. 24

    Scripps Green Hospital

    La Jolla, CA

    Gross charge $109,756
    Cash pay $27,439
  25. 25

    Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

    Encinitas, CA

    Gross charge $109,756
    Cash pay $27,439
  26. 26

    Adventist Health and Rideout

    Marysville, CA

    Gross charge $119,847
    Cash pay $26,366
  27. 27

    Adventist Health Bakersfield

    Bakersfield, CA

    Gross charge $130,067
    Cash pay $19,510
  28. 28

    Riverside University Health System Medical Center

    Moreno Valley, CA

    Gross charge $138,832
  29. 29

    Adventist Health White Memorial

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge $186,412
    Cash pay $33,554
  30. 30

    St. Rose Hospital

    Hayward, CA

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  31. 31

    Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital

    Sacramento, CA

    Gross charge —
  32. 32

    Riverside Community Hospital

    Riverside, CA

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  33. 33

    Mad River Community Hospital

    Arcata, CA

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  34. 34

    Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital

    Bakersfield, CA

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  35. 35

    St Elizabeth Community Hospital

    Red Bluff, CA

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  36. 36

    San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital

    Banning, CA

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  37. 37

    Antelope Valley Medical Center

    Lancaster, CA

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  38. 38

    Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center

    Glendale, CA

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  39. 39

    St. John's Regional Medical Center

    Oxnard, CA

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  40. 40

    St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton

    Stockton, CA

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  41. 41

    Community Hospital of San Bernardino

    San Bernardino, CA

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  42. 42

    Community Hospital of Huntington Park

    Huntington Park, CA

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  43. 43

    Saint Agnes Medical Center

    Fresno, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $34,063
  44. 44

    St. Francis Medical Center

    Lynwood, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $13,603
  45. 45

    Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Santa Maria, CA

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  46. 46

    Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Northridge, CA

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  47. 47

    Doctors Hospital of Manteca

    Manteca, CA

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  48. 48

    Valley Presbyterian Hospital

    Van Nuys, CA

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  49. 49

    Woodland Memorial Hospital

    Woodland, CA

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  50. 50

    St Bernardine Medical Center

    San Bernardino, CA

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  51. 51

    Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

    Grass Valley, CA

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  52. 52

    UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital

    San Francisco, CA

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  53. 53

    Sequoia Hospital

    Redwood City, CA

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  54. 54

    AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center

    Anaheim, CA

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  55. 55

    French Hospital Medical Center

    San Luis Obispo, CA

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  56. 56

    Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital

    Santa Cruz, CA

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  57. 57

    Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Palm Springs, CA

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  58. 58

    Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

    Colton, CA

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  59. 59

    Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp

    Bakersfield, CA

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  60. 60

    Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

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  61. 61

    Hi-Desert Medical Center

    Joshua Tree, CA

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  62. 62

    Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Alhambra, CA

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  63. 63

    Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown

    Bakersfield, CA

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  64. 64

    Providence St. Mary Medical Center

    Apple Valley, CA

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  65. 65

    Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Loma Linda, CA

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  66. 66

    Marinhealth Medical Center

    Greenbrae, CA

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  67. 67
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  68. 68

    Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura

    Ventura, CA

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  69. 69

    Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom

    Folsom, CA

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  70. 70

    West Anaheim Medical Center

    Anaheim, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $19,728
  71. 71
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  72. 72

    Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center

    Merced, CA

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  73. 73

    UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital

    San Francisco, CA

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  74. 74

    Memorial Hospital of Gardena

    Gardena, CA

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  75. 75

    UCLA West Valley Medical Center

    West Hills, CA

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  76. 76

    Clovis Community Medical Center

    Clovis, CA

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  77. 77

    Adventist Health Sierra Vista

    San Luis Obispo, CA

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  78. 78

    Mercy San Juan Medical Center

    Carmichael, CA

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  79. 79
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  80. 80

    San Dimas Community Hospital

    San Dimas, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $17,378
  81. 81

    Methodist Hospital of Sacramento

    Sacramento, CA

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  82. 82

    East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital

    Los Angeles, CA

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  83. 83

    San Ramon Regional Medical Center

    San Ramon, CA

    Gross charge —
  84. 84
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  85. 85

    Desert Valley Hospital

    Victorville, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $18,832
  86. 86

    Monterey Park Hospital AHMC

    Monterey Park, CA

    Gross charge —
  87. 87

    Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital

    Marina Del Rey, CA

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  88. 88

    Shasta Regional Medical Center

    Redding, CA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $17,671
  89. 89

    Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta

    Murrieta, CA

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  90. 90

    Coast Plaza Hospital

    Norwalk, CA

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  91. 91

    Loma Linda University Children's Hospital

    Loma Linda, CA

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  92. 92

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital

    Los Angeles, CA

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  93. 93

    Mountains Community Hospital

    Lake Arrowhead, CA

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  94. 94

    Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta

    Mount Shasta, CA

    Gross charge —
  95. 95
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $22,000
  96. 96

    Mark Twain Medical Center

    San Andreas, CA

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  97. 97

    Watsonville Community Hospital

    Watsonville, CA

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  98. 98

    Sierra View Medical Center

    Porterville, CA

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  99. 99

    Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

    Pleasanton, CA

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  100. 100

    Los Angeles General Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

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  101. 101

    Stanford Health Care

    Stanford, CA

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  102. 102

    UCSF Medical Center

    San Francisco, CA

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  103. 103

    University of California Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, CA

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  104. 104

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge —
  105. 105

    Keck Hospital of USC

    Los Angeles, CA

    Gross charge —
  106. 106
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  107. 107

    San Gabriel Valley Medical Center

    San Gabriel, CA

    Gross charge —
  108. 108

    AHMC Seton Medical Center

    Daly City, CA

    Gross charge —
  109. 109

    Whittier Hospital Medical Center

    Whittier, CA

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  110. 110

    Greater El Monte Community Hospital

    South El Monte, CA

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  111. 111

    Community Regional Medical Center

    Fresno, CA

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  112. 112

    Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

    Pomona, CA

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  113. 113

    Northbay Medical Center

    Fairfield, CA

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