CMS Medicare IPPS Data · Updated April 2026

Most Expensive Hospitals in the US

French Hospital Medical Center is the most expensive hospital in the US, averaging $35K per Medicare discharge. These 100 facilities top the country’s cost rankings — see how price tracks (or doesn’t) with CMS quality stars and our Value Score, then jump to the most expensive hospital in each state. Compare against the cheapest hospitals in America or read why hospital prices vary 3-10x.

Best Value CheapestMost Expensive

#	Hospital	Location	Avg Payment	Quality	Grade
1	French Hospital Medical Center San Luis Obispo, CA	San Luis Obispo, CA	$35K	★★★★★	C
2	Willow Rock Center San Leandro, CA	San Leandro, CA	$34K	Not Rated	F
3	Providence St. Jude Medical Center Fullerton, CA	Fullerton, CA	$34K	★★★★☆	D
4	Mad River Community Hospital Arcata, CA	Arcata, CA	$33K	★★★☆☆	F
5	Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno Fresno, CA	Fresno, CA	$33K	★★★★☆	D
6	St Vincent Hospital Worcester, MA	Worcester, MA	$33K	★★☆☆☆	F
7	Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility Santa Cruz, CA	Santa Cruz, CA	$32K	Not Rated	F
8	Los Angeles Community Hospital Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	$32K	★★☆☆☆	F
9	Coast Plaza Hospital Norwalk, CA	Norwalk, CA	$31K	★☆☆☆☆	F
10	Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	$31K	★★★★☆	D
11	Alhambra Hospital Medical Center Alhambra, CA	Alhambra, CA	$31K	★★★☆☆	F
12	St James Hospital Hornell, NY	Hornell, NY	$31K	★★☆☆☆	F
13	Baystate Noble Hospital Westfield, MA	Westfield, MA	$31K	★★☆☆☆	F
14	North Star Hospital Anchorage, AK	Anchorage, AK	$31K	Not Rated	F
15	Molokai General Hospital Kaunakakai, HI	Kaunakakai, HI	$30K	Not Rated	F
16	Lenox Hill Hospital New York, NY	New York, NY	$30K	★★★★☆	C
17	Aliso Ridge Behavioral Health, Llc Aliso Viejo, CA	Aliso Viejo, CA	$30K	Not Rated	F
18	Carewell Health Medical Center East Orange, NJ	East Orange, NJ	$30K	★☆☆☆☆	F
19	San Dimas Community Hospital San Dimas, CA	San Dimas, CA	$30K	★☆☆☆☆	F
20	Anaheim Global Medical Center Anaheim, CA	Anaheim, CA	$29K	Not Rated	D
21	The University Of Vermont Health Network-Alice Hy Malone, NY	Malone, NY	$29K	★☆☆☆☆	F
22	Meadows Psychiatric Center Centre Hall, PA	Centre Hall, PA	$29K	Not Rated	F
23	Dr Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center Boston, MA	Boston, MA	$29K	Not Rated	F
24	Hoag Orthopedic Institute Irvine, CA	Irvine, CA	$29K	Not Rated	F
25	Aurora Las Encinas Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, CA	$29K	Not Rated	D
26	Hudson Regional Hospital Secaucus, NJ	Secaucus, NJ	$29K	★☆☆☆☆	F
27	Colusa Medical Center Colusa, CA	Colusa, CA	$29K	★★★★☆	D
28	Bournewood Hospital Brookline, MA	Brookline, MA	$28K	Not Rated	D
29	Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp Berkeley, CA	Berkeley, CA	$28K	★★★☆☆	D
30	Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC	Washington, DC	$28K	★★★☆☆	D
31	North Hawaii Community Hospital, Inc Kamuela, HI	Kamuela, HI	$28K	★★☆☆☆	F
32	St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc Paterson, NJ	Paterson, NJ	$28K	★★★☆☆	D
33	Westwood Pembroke Health Systems Westwood, MA	Westwood, MA	$28K	Not Rated	D
34	Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth Plymouth, MA	Plymouth, MA	$28K	★★★★☆	C
35	Southern California Hospital At Hollywood Hollywood, CA	Hollywood, CA	$28K	★★★★☆	C
36	Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Rahway Rahway, NJ	Rahway, NJ	$28K	★★★☆☆	D
37	Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY	New York, NY	$28K	★★☆☆☆	F
38	Fairchild Medical Center Yreka, CA	Yreka, CA	$28K	★☆☆☆☆	F
39	Vista Medical Center East Waukegan, IL	Waukegan, IL	$28K	★★☆☆☆	F
40	Adventist Health Sonora Sonora, CA	Sonora, CA	$28K	★★★☆☆	D
41	Glendale Adventist Medical Center Glendale, CA	Glendale, CA	$28K	★★★★☆	C
42	Aspen Hills Healthcare Center Pemberton, NJ	Pemberton, NJ	$28K	Not Rated	D
43	East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	$28K	Not Rated	D
44	Telecare Heritage Psychiatric Health Facility Oakland, CA	Oakland, CA	$28K	Not Rated	D
45	St John's Episcopal Hospital At South Shore Far Rockaway, NY	Far Rockaway, NY	$28K	★☆☆☆☆	F
46	Aurora Behavioral Healthcare-Santa Rosa, Llc Santa Rosa, CA	Santa Rosa, CA	$27K	Not Rated	D
47	Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA	Petaluma, CA	$27K	★★★★☆	D
48	St Anthony Community Hospital Warwick, NY	Warwick, NY	$27K	★★★★★	C
49	Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY	Bronx, NY	$27K	★★★☆☆	D
50	Novato Community Hospital Novato, CA	Novato, CA	$27K	★★★★★	C
51	Uci Health - Los Alamitos Los Alamitos, CA	Los Alamitos, CA	$27K	★★★☆☆	D
52	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, CA	San Diego, CA	$27K	★★★☆☆	D
53	Uci Health - Placentia Linda Placentia, CA	Placentia, CA	$27K	★★☆☆☆	F
54	Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility Long Beach, CA	Long Beach, CA	$27K	Not Rated	D
55	Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco, TX	Frisco, TX	$27K	★★★★☆	C
56	Kaleida Health Buffalo, NY	Buffalo, NY	$27K	★★★☆☆	D
57	Highland Hospital Oakland, CA	Oakland, CA	$27K	★☆☆☆☆	F
58	Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand Oaks San Antonio, TX	San Antonio, TX	$27K	Not Rated	D
59	Patients' Hospital Of Redding Redding, CA	Redding, CA	$27K	Not Rated	D
60	Gateways Hosp Mental Health Ctr Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	$27K	Not Rated	D
61	Desert Regional Medical Center Palm Springs, CA	Palm Springs, CA	$27K	★★☆☆☆	D
62	Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital Tacoma, WA	Tacoma, WA	$27K	Not Rated	D
63	Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA	Victorville, CA	$27K	★★★☆☆	D
64	Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA	Needham, MA	$27K	★★★★☆	C
65	Our Lady Of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton, NY	Binghamton, NY	$27K	★★☆☆☆	F
66	Albany Medical Center Hospital Albany, NY	Albany, NY	$27K	★★☆☆☆	D
67	John T Mather Memorial Hospital Of Port Jefferson Port Jefferson, NY	Port Jefferson, NY	$27K	★★★★★	B
68	Bhc Sierra Vista Hospital, Inc Sacramento, CA	Sacramento, CA	$27K	Not Rated	D
69	Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Tehachapi, CA	Tehachapi, CA	$27K	Not Rated	D
70	Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA	Chino, CA	$27K	★★☆☆☆	D
71	College Medical Center Long Beach, CA	Long Beach, CA	$27K	★★☆☆☆	F
72	Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital Southbridge, MA	Southbridge, MA	$27K	★★☆☆☆	D
73	California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hosp San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA	$27K	★★★☆☆	D
74	Garfield Medical Center Monterey Park, CA	Monterey Park, CA	$27K	★☆☆☆☆	F
75	Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY	Rochester, NY	$27K	★☆☆☆☆	F
76	Weisman Childrens Rehabilitation Hospital Marlton, NJ	Marlton, NJ	$27K	Not Rated	D
77	Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood, CA	Inglewood, CA	$27K	★★☆☆☆	D
78	Sunnyview Hospital And Rehabilitation Center Schenectady, NY	Schenectady, NY	$27K	Not Rated	D
79	Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA	San Diego, CA	$27K	Not Rated	D
80	Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Bronx, NY	Bronx, NY	$27K	★☆☆☆☆	F
81	Pih Health Good Samaritan Hospital Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	$26K	★★☆☆☆	F
82	Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport, MA	Newburyport, MA	$26K	★★★☆☆	D
83	St Mary's General Hospital Passaic, NJ	Passaic, NJ	$26K	★★★☆☆	D
84	Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center Fredericksburg, VA	Fredericksburg, VA	$26K	★★★☆☆	D
85	Queens Hospital Center Jamaica, NY	Jamaica, NY	$26K	★★☆☆☆	D
86	Memorial Hospital Of Gardena Gardena, CA	Gardena, CA	$26K	★☆☆☆☆	F
87	Arbour Human Resource Institute Brookline, MA	Brookline, MA	$26K	Not Rated	D
88	Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA	Woodland Hills, CA	$26K	★★★☆☆	D
89	Adventist Health Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield, CA	$26K	★☆☆☆☆	F
90	Sutter Solano Medical Center Vallejo, CA	Vallejo, CA	$26K	★★★☆☆	D
91	Good Samaritan Medical Center Brockton, MA	Brockton, MA	$26K	★☆☆☆☆	F
92	Adventhealth Avista Louisville, CO	Louisville, CO	$26K	★★★★☆	C
93	Conemaugh Miners Medical Center Hastings, PA	Hastings, PA	$26K	Not Rated	D
94	Foothill Regional Medical Center Tustin, CA	Tustin, CA	$26K	Not Rated	D
95	Pacific Grove Hospital Riverside, CA	Riverside, CA	$26K	Not Rated	D
96	Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA	Monroe, LA	$26K	Not Rated	D
97	Clifton-Fine Hospital Star Lake, NY	Star Lake, NY	$26K	Not Rated	D
98	Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose, CA	San Jose, CA	$26K	★★☆☆☆	F
99	Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn, NY	$26K	★★☆☆☆	D
100	Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc Annapolis, MD	Annapolis, MD	$26K	★★★☆☆	D

Most Expensive Hospital in Each State

The single costliest hospital in every state by average Medicare payment. Select a state for its full cost ranking.

State	Most Expensive Hospital	Avg Payment
California	French Hospital Medical Center	$35K
Massachusetts	St Vincent Hospital	$33K
New York	St James Hospital	$31K
Alaska	North Star Hospital	$31K
Hawaii	Molokai General Hospital	$30K
New Jersey	Carewell Health Medical Center	$30K
Pennsylvania	Meadows Psychiatric Center	$29K
District of Columbia	Medstar Georgetown University Hospital	$28K
Illinois	Vista Medical Center East	$28K
Texas	Texas Health Hospital Frisco	$27K
Washington	Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital	$27K
Virginia	Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center	$26K
Colorado	Adventhealth Avista	$26K
Louisiana	Monroe Surgical Hospital	$26K
Maryland	Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	$26K
Florida	Hca Florida Lake City Hospital	$26K
Connecticut	Charlotte Hungerford Hospital	$26K
Nevada	Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - North Las Vegas	$25K
New Hampshire	Parkland Medical Center	$24K
Georgia	Ridgeview Institute Monroe	$24K
Utah	Timpanogos Regional Hospital	$24K
Tennessee	Livingston Regional Hospital	$24K
Iowa	Eagle View Behavioral Health	$24K
Arizona	Exceptional Community Hospital Bullhead City	$23K
Oregon	St Charles Madras	$23K
Indiana	Doctors Neuropsychiatric Hospital	$23K
New Mexico	Memorial Medical Center	$22K
Delaware	Dover Behavioral Health System	$22K
North Carolina	Carteret General Hospital	$22K
South Carolina	Musc Health Chester Medical Center	$22K
Michigan	Bca Stonecrest Center	$22K
Maine	Mainehealth Waldo Hospital	$22K
Oklahoma	Alliancehealth Woodward	$22K
Arkansas	Rivendell Behavioral Health Services	$22K
Nebraska	Bellevue Medical Center	$21K
Rhode Island	Roger Williams Medical Center	$21K
Ohio	River Vista Health And Wellness Llc	$21K
Minnesota	Allina Health Faribault Medical Center	$21K
North Dakota	Linton Hospital - Cah	$21K
Wisconsin	Indianhead Medical Ctr	$21K
Missouri	Perimeter Behavioral Hospital Of Springfield	$20K
Wyoming	Evanston Regional Hospital	$19K
Alabama	Floyd Cherokee Medical Center	$19K
Kansas	Va Eastern Kansas Healthcare System	$19K
South Dakota	Same Day Surgery Center Llc	$19K
Idaho	Northwest Specialty Hospital	$19K
Kentucky	Georgetown Community Hospital	$19K
Vermont	Brattleboro Memorial Hospital	$18K
Montana	Billings Clinic Broadwater	$18K
Mississippi	Jefferson County Hospital	$17K
West Virginia	Beckley Va Medical Center	$17K
Puerto Rico	Hospital Pavia Arecibo	$15K
Virgin Islands	Gov Juan F Luis Hospital & Medical Ctr	$14K
Guam	Guam Regional Medical City	$11K
Northern Mariana Islands	Commonwealth Health Center	$9K
American Samoa	Lbj Tropical Medical Center	$9K

Frequently Asked Questions

By average Medicare payment per inpatient discharge, the costliest hospital tops the table below. Rankings use the CMS Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) dataset, which reports actual payments by hospital — so the figures reflect real billed care, not list prices.

Hospital costs vary based on location, case complexity, teaching status, and regional cost of living. Academic medical centers and specialty hospitals in high-cost urban areas typically charge the most.

Not necessarily. Research shows little correlation between hospital charges and quality outcomes. Our Value Score combines cost with quality ratings to identify which hospitals deliver the best care for the money.

All cost data comes from the CMS Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) dataset, which reports actual Medicare payments by hospital and procedure.

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