Broken ankle treatment cost in California

In California, 110 hospitals publish a cash price for broken ankle (outer ankle bone) treatment without surgery or setting: from $132.96 to $4,262.00, with a median of $535.60. The lowest price is at Mission Hospital Regional Med Center (Mission Viejo). The highest price is 32.1× the lowest.

• The median here, $535.60, is 12% above the US median of $477.46.
• That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($252.01).
• California ranks 31st of 46 states by median, cheapest first.
• 20 of 110 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 27786. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map