43/100
#1,482 nationally
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp
2450 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 · (510) 204-4444
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp billed $4.50 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
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 68
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #53
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
678 | $19,149 | $3,221 | +63% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
408 | $35,700 | $5,627 | +73% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
358 | $93,963 | $23,921 | +44% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $35,539 | $3,801 | +83% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $39,407 | $7,201 | +62% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
90 | $54,325 | $12,519 | +38% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $10,031 | $2,205 | about average |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $12,945 | $3,906 | -27% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $82,173 | $16,060 | +89% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $12,899 | $2,642 | +10% |
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 Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$82,173 | $16,060 | +89% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,539 | $3,801 | +83% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$99,408 | $15,898 | +82% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$53,184 | $9,529 | +74% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$111,429 | $36,402 | +74% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,700 | $5,627 | +73% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,149 | $3,221 | +63% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,407 | $7,201 | +62% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,945 | $3,906 | -27% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$145,182 | $49,504 | -25% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$101,883 | $31,427 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,031 | $2,205 | about average |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$46,521 | $12,743 | +3% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$185,348 | $59,319 | +4% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$45,739 | $10,155 | +4% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$61,581 | $18,761 | +9% |
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.