Broken foot treatment cost in California

In California, 108 hospitals publish a cash price for broken foot (metatarsal) treatment without surgery or setting: from $129.75 to $3,006.00, with a median of $537.85. The lowest price is at Pioneers Memorial Hospital (Brawley). The highest price is 23.2× the lowest.

• The median here, $537.85, is 30% above the US median of $414.00.
• That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($252.01).
• California ranks 36th of 47 states by median, cheapest first.
• 22 of 108 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 28470. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 12, 2026. See them on a map