40/100
#1,582 nationally
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
350 Hawthorne Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609 · (510) 655-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center billed $4.74 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 122
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #65
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
605 | $96,808 | $23,021 | +48% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
282 | $9,124 | $2,239 | -9% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
254 | $32,967 | $3,801 | +70% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
179 | $76,669 | $15,026 | +77% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $48,394 | $8,013 | +38% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $23,363 | $4,426 | +22% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $40,170 | $7,087 | +46% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $40,462 | $4,504 | +60% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $215,473 | $32,879 | +62% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
103 | $54,653 | $13,212 | +39% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$189,417 | $28,355 | +115% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$54,653 | $11,229 | +79% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$57,256 | $9,214 | +78% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$76,669 | $15,026 | +77% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$53,536 | $9,069 | +75% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$56,989 | $10,533 | +73% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$79,198 | $16,360 | +70% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,967 | $3,801 | +70% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$115,542 | $42,571 | -25% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$56,322 | $19,184 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,835 | $2,232 | -12% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$60,534 | $17,917 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,124 | $2,239 | -9% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$74,430 | $21,717 | -8% |
|
Other Heart Assist System Implant
MS-DRG 215 · Inpatient stay |
$392,663 | $115,813 | about average |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$75,028 | $18,824 | about average |
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.