25/100
#2,015 nationally
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
400 North Pepper Avenue, Colton, CA 92324 · (909) 580-1000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center billed $4.87 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 43
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #134
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
149 | $120,694 | $27,566 | +85% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $27,797 | $2,839 | +136% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $26,013 | $3,365 | +34% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $64,888 | $18,578 | +49% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $10,770 | $2,220 | -17% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $76,032 | $16,815 | +94% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $120,281 | $22,795 | +233% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $453,820 | $78,712 | +155% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $84,224 | $19,347 | +81% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $115,376 | $23,217 | +88% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$120,281 | $22,795 | +233% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$252,222 | $42,155 | +231% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$142,849 | $18,200 | +195% |
|
Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications
MS-DRG 605 · Inpatient stay |
$110,157 | $15,697 | +169% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$453,820 | $78,712 | +155% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$70,474 | $12,463 | +137% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,797 | $2,839 | +136% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$184,647 | $24,918 | +122% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,770 | $2,220 | -17% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$31,149 | $13,683 | -3% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,403 | $4,013 | about average |
|
Traumatic Injury without Major Complications
MS-DRG 914 · Inpatient stay |
$68,066 | $15,186 | +12% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$91,364 | $26,364 | +13% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$68,186 | $20,770 | +20% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$61,985 | $19,998 | +28% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$68,914 | $22,226 | +30% |
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.