Hospital pricing in California
273 hospitals · 183 cities · CMS data
About the analyst
David Park researches procedure pricing and insurance reimbursement patterns at BillRazor Research. He specializes in cost comparison across care settings and metropolitan areas. Expertise: procedure pricing, insurance reimbursement, cost comparison.
Hospitals
273
With pricing data
Cities
183
Metro areas tracked
State avg markup
6.9x
vs Medicare rate
Median markup
6.3x
Middle hospital
Hospital grade distribution in California
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Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency machine-readable files and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Covering 273 hospitals across 183 cities in California. All data publicly available under 45 CFR Part 180.
Data sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency files, Medicare IPPS DRG rates, FY 2024. All pricing data publicly available under 45 CFR Part 180.
State-level methodology: Grades are assigned based on average markup ratio relative to the national distribution. Hospital counts reflect facilities with 3+ DRGs of reportable data.