CostGrade

Mercy Medical Center vs Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco

The same procedures, at each hospital, with what they charge and what that care is actually paid for.

D

Mercy Medical Center

Merced, CA

6.6x

charged per $1 actually paid

C

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

1.7x

charged per $1 actually paid

CostGrade D C
Score out of 100 22 51
Rank in state #154 #25
Procedures priced 71 11
CMS quality stars 3/5 4/5
Ownership Voluntary non-profit - Private Voluntary non-profit - Private

The same procedures, priced at each

Only procedures every hospital here publishes a price for, so the comparison is like for like.

Procedure Mercy Medical Center Kaiser Foundation Hosp...
Comprehensive Observation Services $50,745 $38,890
Sepsis (severe) $137,386 $88,331
Heart Failure (severe) $96,824 $76,777
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures $31,049 $37,396
Level 3 Vascular Procedures $33,771 $27,482
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures $69,599 $80,309
Sepsis (without major complications) $97,644 $43,760
Heart Attack (severe) $120,888 $97,583
Stroke (with complications) $99,598 $76,038

Green marks the lower charge on that row.

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C

Memorial Hospital Los Banos

Los Banos, CA

2.2x — bills about $2.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

12 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
B

College Medical Center

Long Beach, CA

2.6x — bills about $2.62 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

14 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary