37/100
#1,671 nationally
Antelope Valley Hospital
1600 W Ave J, Lancaster, CA 93534 · (661) 949-5500
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Antelope Valley Hospital billed $4.97 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 70
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #76
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% 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 |
404 | $99,916 | $20,498 | +53% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $173,581 | $32,741 | +39% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $254,267 | $49,303 | +34% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
44 | $225,577 | $50,109 | +27% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $25,627 | $3,919 | +34% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $35,701 | $6,362 | +30% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $30,283 | $14,531 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $9,780 | $2,255 | -17% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $27,303 | $4,286 | +32% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $366,666 | $73,669 | +52% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,992 | $1,857 | +121% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$293,664 | $40,316 | +98% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$80,975 | $13,365 | +87% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,553 | $2,453 | +67% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,400 | $3,365 | +62% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$47,614 | $9,738 | +60% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$87,779 | $17,348 | +60% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$47,643 | $8,618 | +56% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$62,525 | $18,551 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,780 | $2,255 | -17% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$30,283 | $14,531 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,738 | $2,087 | -15% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$73,350 | $20,547 | -9% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,364 | $6,115 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,938 | $3,494 | -4% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay |
$55,338 | $13,917 | 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.