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TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER

Oceanside, CA · CCN 050128 · Rates published

You selected 788 (MS_DRG)

CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC

This hospital’s price: $9,816 across 18 payers · range $7,869-$16,688

Source: https://downloads.ctfassets.net/pxcfulgsd9e2/4gjlqHWnZQNgtiSy8ZJLrL/462e87c011e61ee6d9262dedaaddd95d/952126937_tricity-medical-center_standardcharges.csv · observed 2026-05-29

This is the facility’s filed rate for this code. The comparison board’s estimate also adds the surgeon and anesthesia fees, so it is usually higher.

11,801 distinct procedures filed
56 distinct payers
460,950 rate rows
2026-07-31 last MRF observed

438,595 of 460,950 rate rows are consumer-grade (95.2%)

22,355 rows are marked excluded from the consumer medians — these stay visible in the raw drill-down with the same reason shown here, so nothing is silently hidden.

Excluded — reasonRows
no usable negotiated amount (only an out-of-band fallback) — excluded from medians 10,316
placeholder amount (≤ $0.02) — excluded from medians 9,876
per-diem day rate — not a per-procedure price 1,503
exceeds 10× this hospital's gross charge — excluded from medians 464
below 25% of the Medicare reference for this code — likely a mislabeled per-diem or placeholder; excluded from medians 178
percent-of-charges filed in the dollar field — excluded from medians 18
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Top 50 most expensive offerings

Outliers are flagged where this hospital's filed rate is ≥2× or ≤0.5× the national median for the same code.

Code Description Payers Min $ Max $ Avg median vs national
18
MS_DRG
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (car) T-cell And Other Immunotherapies 18 $355,923.29 $691,508.10 $406,769.47 nat. median
$168,055

outlier · 2.4×
18
OTHER
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (car) T-cell And Other Immunotherapies 8 $311,694.08 $445,722.53 $364,743.70 nat. median
$292,587

1.2× median
1
MS_DRG
Heart Transplant Or Implant Of Heart Assist System With Mcc 18 $65,125.00 $449,239.89 $264,258.76 nat. median
$186,516

1.4× median
1
OTHER
Heart Transplant Or Implant Of Heart Assist System With Mcc 23 $60,182.00 $390,387.74 $260,258.49 nat. median
$14,313

outlier · 18.2×
3
OTHER
Ecmo Or Tracheostomy With Mv >96 Hours Or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth… 21 $159,261.04 $307,362.04 $215,002.41 nat. median
$10,971

outlier · 19.6×
927
OTHER
Extensive Burns Or Full Thickness Burns With Mv >96 Hours With Skin Graft 8 $175,761.90 $251,339.51 $205,528.22 nat. median
$2

outlier · 127657.3×
927
MS_DRG
Extensive Burns Or Full Thickness Burns With Mv >96 Hours With Skin Graft 18 $176,331.13 $342,586.19 $201,521.29 nat. median
$131,925

1.5× median
3
MS_DRG
Ecmo Or Tracheostomy With Mv >96 Hours Or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth… 18 $175,300.41 $340,583.66 $200,343.33 nat. median
$145,435

1.4× median
4
OTHER
Tracheostomy With Mv >96 Hours Or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth And Nec… 21 $99,574.46 $212,238.03 $141,492.02 nat. median
$7,428

outlier · 19.0×
212
OTHER
Concomitant Aortic And Mitral Valve Procedures 15 $103,853.17 $155,779.75 $132,412.79 nat. median
$106

outlier · 1251.2×
4
MS_DRG
Tracheostomy With Mv >96 Hours Or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth And Nec… 18 $114,643.65 $222,736.24 $131,021.32 nat. median
$97,418

1.3× median
2
OTHER
Heart Transplant Or Implant Of Heart Assist System Without Mcc 10 $60,182.00 $178,604.51 $124,898.26 nat. median
$15,517

outlier · 8.0×
7
MS_DRG
Lung Transplant 18 $107,230.41 $208,333.37 $122,549.04 nat. median
$70,649

1.7× median
5
OTHER
Liver Transplant With Mcc Or Intestinal Transplant 21 $85,552.31 $149,734.91 $115,495.62 nat. median
$8,605

outlier · 13.4×
14
MS_DRG
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant 18 $99,561.34 $193,433.46 $113,784.39 nat. median
$72,715

1.6× median
7
OTHER
Lung Transplant 8 $96,728.48 $138,321.73 $112,957.48 nat. median
$31,763

outlier · 3.6×
2
MS_DRG
Heart Transplant Or Implant Of Heart Assist System Without Mcc 18 $65,125.00 $182,468.26 $107,334.27 nat. median
$65,418

1.6× median
209
MS_DRG
Complex Aortic Arch Procedures 18 $93,810.53 $182,260.45 $107,212.03 nat. median
$2,110

outlier · 50.8×
426
MS_DRG
Multiple Level Combined Anterior And Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical Wit… 18 $91,362.48 $177,504.24 $104,414.26 nat. median
$2,736

outlier · 38.2×
14
OTHER
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant 8 $89,225.08 $127,591.86 $104,168.85 nat. median
$6,714

outlier · 15.5×
453
OTHER
Combined Anterior And Posterior Spinal Fusion With Mcc 21 $76,852.35 $128,345.91 $103,750.67 nat. median
$55,290

1.9× median
212
MS_DRG
Concomitant Aortic And Mitral Valve Procedures 18 $90,152.44 $175,153.31 $103,031.36 nat. median
$74,509

1.4× median
20
OTHER
Intracranial Vascular Procedures With Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage With Mcc 8 $86,399.87 $123,551.82 $100,859.72 nat. median
$10,565

outlier · 9.5×
215
OTHER
Other Heart Assist System Implant 26 $7,345.00 $147,792.28 $98,528.19 nat. median
$229

outlier · 430.8×
5
MS_DRG
Liver Transplant With Mcc Or Intestinal Transplant 18 $85,516.28 $166,145.91 $97,732.89 nat. median
$69,922

1.4× median
215
MS_DRG
Other Heart Assist System Implant 18 $65,125.00 $160,496.30 $94,409.59 nat. median
$73,023

1.3× median
216
OTHER
Cardiac Valve And Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures With Cardiac Catheteriza… 27 $51,500.00 $140,471.52 $93,647.68 nat. median
$283

outlier · 331.3×
216
MS_DRG
Cardiac Valve And Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures With Cardiac Catheteriza… 19 $58,408.00 $157,712.26 $92,771.92 nat. median
$69,822

1.3× median
275
OTHER
Cardiac Defibrillator Implant With Cardiac Catheterization And Mcc 15 $68,076.48 $102,114.71 $86,797.51 nat. median
$25,586

outlier · 3.4×
429
MS_DRG
Combined Anterior And Posterior Cervical Spinal Fusion With Mcc 18 $74,815.09 $145,355.03 $85,502.96 nat. median
$2,596

outlier · 32.9×
456
OTHER
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical With Spinal Curvature, Malignancy, Infection Or Ex… 8 $71,966.40 $102,911.96 $83,954.00 nat. median
$30,041

outlier · 2.8×
850
MS_DRG
Acute Leukemia With Other Procedures 18 $71,935.19 $139,759.80 $82,211.65 nat. median
$2,633

outlier · 31.2×
231
MS_DRG
Coronary Bypass With Ptca With Mcc 19 $58,408.00 $136,090.30 $80,053.12 nat. median
$60,505

1.3× median
456
MS_DRG
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical With Spinal Curvature, Malignancy, Infection Or Ex… 18 $69,828.49 $135,666.78 $79,803.99 nat. median
$59,651

1.3× median
231
OTHER
Coronary Bypass With Ptca With Mcc 27 $51,500.00 $117,624.11 $78,416.07 nat. median
$91,775

0.9× median
276
OTHER
Cardiac Defibrillator Implant With Mcc 15 $60,168.03 $90,252.05 $76,714.24 nat. median
$20,464

outlier · 3.7×
459
OTHER
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical With Mcc 21 $56,456.87 $96,317.01 $76,216.77 nat. median
$25,708

outlier · 3.0×
21
OTHER
Intracranial Vascular Procedures With Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage With Cc 21 $59,509.00 $90,358.12 $75,873.98 nat. median
$8,777

outlier · 8.6×
233
OTHER
Coronary Bypass With Cardiac Catheterization Or Open Ablation With Mcc 27 $51,500.00 $113,089.40 $75,392.93 nat. median
$84,685

0.9× median
20
MS_DRG
Intracranial Vascular Procedures With Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage With Mcc 18 $65,430.90 $127,122.89 $74,778.17 nat. median
$56,428

1.3× median
219
OTHER
Cardiac Valve And Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures Without Cardiac Catheter… 27 $51,500.00 $111,819.22 $74,546.15 nat. median
$37,527

2.0× median
219
MS_DRG
Cardiac Valve And Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures Without Cardiac Catheter… 19 $58,408.00 $124,078.32 $72,987.25 nat. median
$55,923

1.3× median
870
OTHER
Septicemia Or Severe Sepsis With Mv >96 Hours 21 $54,009.74 $101,095.98 $72,913.15 nat. median
$93

outlier · 787.0×
233
MS_DRG
Coronary Bypass With Cardiac Catheterization Or Open Ablation With Mcc 19 $58,408.00 $123,549.34 $72,676.08 nat. median
$55,935

1.3× median
957
OTHER
Other O.r. Procedures For Multiple Significant Trauma With Mcc 8 $62,168.76 $88,901.33 $72,478.16 nat. median
$40

outlier · 1817.4×
957
MS_DRG
Other O.r. Procedures For Multiple Significant Trauma With Mcc 18 $63,383.44 $123,144.97 $72,438.22 nat. median
$52,327

1.4× median
454
OTHER
Combined Anterior And Posterior Spinal Fusion With Cc 21 $51,135.51 $88,902.85 $69,032.94 nat. median
$68

outlier · 1014.0×
461
OTHER
Bilateral Or Multiple Major Joint Procedures Of Lower Extremity With Mcc 21 $51,040.79 $98,992.43 $68,905.06 nat. median
$37,148

1.9× median
02120Z9
OTHER
Ip Coronary Surgery - #112255 2 $61,607.00 $75,843.00 $68,725.00 nat. median
$24,346

outlier · 2.8×
021009W
OTHER
Ip Coronary Surgery - #112255 2 $61,607.00 $75,843.00 $68,725.00 nat. median
$24,346

outlier · 2.8×

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