Tracheostomy with Long-Term Ventilation Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Placement of a breathing tube in the neck (tracheostomy) for patients who need a ventilator for an extended period. These are long, intensive stays with around-the-clock care, usually in an intensive care unit.
State average
$719,990
gross charge · DRG 004
Hospitals
37
with published pricing
Price range
$46,803 – $1,376,851
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Adventist Health Delano
Delano, CA
Gross charge $46,803Cash pay $9,361 - 2
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp, CA
Gross charge $91,509Cash pay $50,330 - 3
Adventist Health Tulare
Tulare, CA
Gross charge $162,377Cash pay $30,852 - 4
El Centro Regional Medical Center
El Centro, CA
Gross charge $167,322Cash pay $117,125 - 5
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $278,313Cash pay $83,494 - 6
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $367,247Cash pay $238,710 - 7
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $387,624 - 8
Adventist Health Sonora
Sonora, CA
Gross charge $404,004Cash pay $68,681 - 9
Alameda Hospital
Alameda, CA
Gross charge $477,045Cash pay $238,523 - 10
Highland Hospital
Oakland, CA
Gross charge $477,045Cash pay $238,523 - 11
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $479,006Cash pay $287,403 - 12
Adventist Health Hanford
Hanford, CA
Gross charge $516,147Cash pay $98,068 - 13
Adventist Health and Rideout
Marysville, CA
Gross charge $591,396Cash pay $130,107 - 14
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge $694,878Cash pay $104,232 - 15
Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow, CA
Gross charge $699,130Cash pay $419,478 - 16
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $702,198Cash pay $175,550 - 17
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $702,198Cash pay $175,550 - 18
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $702,198Cash pay $175,550 - 19
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $702,198Cash pay $175,550 - 20
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $719,695Cash pay $172,727 - 21
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $720,609Cash pay $118,500Medicare pays (avg) $147,013 - 22
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley
Ukiah, CA
Gross charge $736,712Cash pay $147,342 - 23
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $744,651Cash pay $76,158 - 24
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $825,800Cash pay $148,644 - 25
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $852,448Cash pay $127,867 - 26
Adventist Health Glendale (Acute Care)
Glendale, CA
Gross charge $852,448Cash pay $127,867Medicare pays (avg) $167,349 - 27
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $884,407Cash pay $902,096 - 28
Washington Health
Fremont, CA
Gross charge $940,017Cash pay $611,011 - 29
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $1,080,295Cash pay $810,221 - 30
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $1,080,295Cash pay $810,221 - 31
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $1,080,295Cash pay $810,221 - 32
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $1,080,295Cash pay $810,221 - 33
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $1,122,942Medicare pays (avg) $197,251 - 34Gross charge $1,244,882Cash pay $87,142
- 35
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $1,317,479Cash pay $922,235 - 36
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $1,330,884 - 37
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $1,376,851 - 38
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward, CA
Gross charge — - 39
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 40
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $137,603 - 41
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 42
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 43
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 44
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Banning, CA
Gross charge — - 45
Antelope Valley Medical Center
Lancaster, CA
Gross charge — - 46
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 47
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 48
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 49
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 50
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 51
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $135,589 - 52
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 53
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $127,187 - 54
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 55
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 56
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 57
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
San Gabriel, CA
Gross charge — - 58
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 59
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 60
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 61
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge — - 62
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 63
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 64
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $185,741 - 65
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $229,056 - 67
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Alhambra, CA
Gross charge — - 68
AHMC Seton Medical Center
Daly City, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 71
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $173,540 - 72
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA
Gross charge — - 73
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura
Ventura, CA
Gross charge — - 74
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 75
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 76
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 77
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 78
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $132,661 - 79
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 80
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 81
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 82
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 83
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)
Thousand Oaks, CA
Gross charge — - 84
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $183,789 - 85
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $173,483 - 86
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 87
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 88
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 89
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $187,556 - 90
Whittier Hospital Medical Center
Whittier, CA
Gross charge — - 91
Monterey Park Hospital AHMC
Monterey Park, CA
Gross charge — - 92
Greater El Monte Community Hospital
South El Monte, CA
Gross charge — - 93
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 94
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Redding, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $177,562 - 95
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 96
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 97
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 98
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 99
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 100
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 101Gross charge —Cash pay $233,838
- 102
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge — - 103
Community Memorial Hospital – Ojai
Ojai, CA
Gross charge — - 104
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $142,485 - 105
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital
Santa Monica, CA
Gross charge — - 106
Doctors Hospital of Manteca
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 107
Watsonville Community Hospital
Watsonville, CA
Gross charge — - 108
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach, CA
Gross charge — - 109
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Pomona, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $128,816 - 110
Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Palm Springs, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $124,670 - 111
Sierra View Medical Center
Porterville, CA
Gross charge — - 112
Hi-Desert Medical Center
Joshua Tree, CA
Gross charge — - 113
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Pleasanton, CA
Gross charge — - 114
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge — - 115
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $176,462 - 116
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care — San Jose)
San Jose, CA
Gross charge — - 117
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $505,272 - 118
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $246,560 - 119
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $230,983 - 120
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $192,079 - 121
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA
Gross charge — - 122
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price tracheostomy with long-term ventilation (Medicare DRG 004) anywhere from $46,803 to $1,376,851 — a $1,330,047 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Adventist Health Delano in Delano; the most expensive is Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister. The state average sits at $719,990.
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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 004 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.