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Major Chest Trauma without Complications

California rates for MS-DRG 185

Major Chest Trauma without CC/MCC

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Major Chest Trauma without Complications cost?

$19,498

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19,498 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15,136 to $28,184.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19,498 · 10th to 90th $10,471 to $33,113
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $19,498

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$33,113.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$33,113.11
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$28,183.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$28,183.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,183.83
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$28,183.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$30,902.95

Where California sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Montana than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 4th of 51

$19,498

MT $48,978NM $6,310

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.