9/100
#2,408 nationally
Adventist Health White Memorial
1720 Cesar E Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033 · (323) 268-5000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Adventist Health White Memorial billed $8.67 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 8.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 61
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #205
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
371 | $58,951 | $3,365 | +203% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
258 | $202,486 | $24,440 | +210% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $8,625 | $1,993 | -14% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
108 | $66,046 | $17,238 | +83% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $147,234 | $16,171 | +239% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $283,225 | $30,065 | +362% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $96,843 | $13,372 | +147% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $232,027 | $22,852 | +179% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $136,307 | $14,940 | +193% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $53,405 | $4,013 | +112% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$283,225 | $30,065 | +362% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$174,677 | $17,299 | +261% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$115,373 | $11,528 | +250% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$120,783 | $12,112 | +249% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$273,248 | $29,906 | +249% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$131,076 | $12,229 | +247% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$147,234 | $16,171 | +239% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$185,142 | $21,247 | +236% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,625 | $1,993 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$188,565 | $29,114 | +42% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,721 | $2,340 | +59% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$171,081 | $20,643 | +79% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$144,156 | $20,884 | +80% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$66,046 | $17,238 | +83% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$266,684 | $41,181 | +84% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$127,900 | $13,503 | +89% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.