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Medical costs in Walnut Creek, CA

2 hospitals · 30 procedures tracked

By Priya Iyengar , Senior Billing Analyst · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
About the analyst

Priya Iyengar leads the billing code review team at BillRazor Research. She analyzes NCCI bundling edits, DRG coding, and regional rate variation. Expertise: NCCI bundling, DRG analysis, regional pricing.

CMS price transparency
2 hospitals
Updated 2026-04-03
Compare your charges against 4 CMS benchmark datasets — including the rates shown on this page.

Hospitals in metro

2

Procedures tracked

30

vs national avg

2.23x

Top procedures by average charge in WALNUT CREEK

All tracked procedures

ProcedureHospitalsAvg chargevs nationalMarkup
ECMO OR TRACHEOSTOMY WITH MV >96 HOURS OR PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS EXCEPT FACE, MOUTH AND NECDRG 0031$1,258,1061.27x6.4x
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT >96 HOURSDRG 2071$638,6802.22x8.9x
INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 8531$619,3633.05x8.8x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURSDRG 8701$602,5541.99x8.6x
CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 0251$600,9132.74x10.2x
CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC ODRG 0231$565,5652.18x8.6x
COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CCDRG 4541$512,4372.03x8x
MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 3291$499,2702.50x10.3x
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCCDRG 4601$497,1813.14x10.8x
CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CCDRG 0261$460,5062.94x11.6x
MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 1631$457,7472.24x8.5x
EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCCDRG 9811$441,4532.22x9.4x
COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCCDRG 4551$410,7602.12x9.2x
CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MCDRG 0241$398,4522.30x10.4x
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT <=96 HOURSDRG 2081$390,0843.10x10.5x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CCDRG 4671$327,2222.28x9.1x
PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH MCCDRG 2421$299,8431.97x8.9x
MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITH MCC OR TOTADRG 4691$297,5401.96x9.1x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCCDRG 4681$294,1562.49x10.4x
HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITH MCCDRG 5211$291,1302.27x9.6x
Rates shown are from the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and CMS IPPS. BillRazor compares your bill against these data sources. See how it works →

Data sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency files, Medicare IPPS DRG rates, FY 2024. All pricing data publicly available under 45 CFR Part 180.

City-level methodology: Cost indices are computed by comparing the average markup ratio of hospitals in this metro area against the national median. Values above 1.0x indicate higher-than-average charges relative to Medicare.

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