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A heart bypass, for example, costs $149,219 at Sutter Memorialo and $298,257 at the . A C-Sectionm costs $22,710 at Mercy General and $31,093 at Sutter Memorial. The databasr ranges from gallbladder surgery to heartvalve replacement. It also includez the total number of procedures performed atthe hospital, charge per day and averagew length of stay. The prices are not what the typicaphealth plan, Medicare or Medi-Cal but they do provide the average stickefr price charged to patients without insurance. “As consumersd are presented with more decisions about their health care the value of cost and price informatiojis substantial,” Dr.
David Carlisle, director of the Officed of Statewide Health Planningfand Development, said in a press release. The agenchy already rolled out an Internet tool that collects anddisplays hospitals’ free and discount paymentt policies. Both are available at oshpd.ca.gov. One big hole in the new databas e is that it does not report pricingv informationfor hospitals. A healtg plan and health system, Kaiser does not bill patient s directly. Information about the number of procedures and average lengthb of stay is reported forKaiser however.
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