How much does heart failure & shock, w/ MCC cost in California?
CPT 291 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
291 Heart failure & shock, w/ MCC
⚠ bare numeric assumed MS-DRG; verify
Ask to pay
$17,995
This is the local cash / self-pay price — usually the best rate you can ask for.
Typical
$14,205
Ask $17,995
$4,456 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $1,105,254
What Medicare paysⓘ
no data
Typical price near you
$14,205
Cash / self-pay price
$17,995
Prices near you — 87 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) lowest | Hospital | $4,456negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $4,456negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $4,456negotiated | — | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $5,309negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $5,309negotiated | — | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $5,309negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $5,314negotiated | — | — |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $5,386negotiated | — | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $6,500negotiated | — | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $7,096cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $7,165negotiated | — | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $11,162cash | — | — |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $11,229cash | — | — |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $11,356cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $12,577negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $12,679negotiated | — | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) | Hospital | $12,750cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $12,780negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $12,818negotiated | — | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $12,865negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $12,872negotiated | — | — |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $12,898negotiated | — | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $13,068cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $13,222negotiated | — | — |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $13,447negotiated | — | — |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $13,455negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $13,497cash | — | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $13,541negotiated | — | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $13,590negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $13,729negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $13,755negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $13,801negotiated | — | — |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $13,858negotiated | — | — |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $13,863negotiated | — | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $13,905negotiated | — | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $14,027negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $14,205cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $14,335negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $14,554cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $14,558negotiated | — | — |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) | Hospital | $14,576cash | — | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $14,685negotiated | — | — |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $14,687negotiated | — | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $14,701negotiated | — | — |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $14,710negotiated | — | — |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $14,816negotiated | — | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $15,110negotiated | — | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $15,111negotiated | — | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $15,127negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $15,145negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $15,811negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $16,109negotiated | — | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $16,378negotiated | — | — |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $17,124negotiated | — | — |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $17,170negotiated | — | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $17,257negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $17,269negotiated | — | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $17,343negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $17,374negotiated | — | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $17,552negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $18,261negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $19,325negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $19,428negotiated | — | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $20,096negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $20,116negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $20,116negotiated | — | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $20,116negotiated | — | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $20,116negotiated | — | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $20,116negotiated | — | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $21,165negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $21,206negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $21,415cash | — | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $22,609negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) gross charge | Hospital | $32,961negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) gross charge | Hospital | $33,639negotiated | — | — |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) gross charge | Hospital | $38,029cash | — | — |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) gross charge | Hospital | $40,378negotiated | — | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) gross charge | Hospital | $41,175negotiated | — | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) gross charge | Hospital | $41,367cash | — | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) gross charge | Hospital | $43,393negotiated | — | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) gross charge | Hospital | $66,935cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) gross charge | Hospital | $66,935cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) gross charge | Hospital | $66,935cash | — | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) gross charge | Hospital | $66,935cash | — | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) gross charge | Hospital | $87,253cash | — | — |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) gross charge | Hospital | $104,603cash | — | — |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) gross charge | Hospital | $1,105,254cash | — | — |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 14 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- No Medicare benchmark on file for 291 (Heart failure & shock, w/ MCC) — I can't anchor to Medicare here. Please send your pricing methodology for this code.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 291 is $17,995.29, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $12,897.77–$20,115.81. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 291 cost in California?
For heart failure & shock, w/ MCC (CPT 291) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $14,205, with hospitals ranging from $12,898 to $20,116 across 87 facilities. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does heart failure & shock, w/ MCC cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for heart failure & shock, w/ MCC (CPT 291) in California is around $14,205, with hospital prices ranging from $12,898 to $20,116 across 87 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
Can I negotiate the price of heart failure & shock, w/ MCC?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.