48/100
#1,312 nationally
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus
1101 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109 · (415) 600-6000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus billed $3.73 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 133
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #34
- 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 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% 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 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
491 | $10,382 | $1,614 | +3% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
387 | $13,941 | $2,693 | +19% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
286 | $106,804 | $31,888 | +64% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
220 | $183,833 | $33,551 | +39% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
220 | $29,918 | $3,913 | +54% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
192 | $20,122 | $5,434 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $43,975 | $4,626 | +74% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
131 | $19,756 | $4,475 | +3% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
127 | $70,495 | $21,968 | +62% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
115 | $38,130 | $8,033 | +27% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$120,238 | $27,312 | +134% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$126,203 | $24,737 | +127% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$390,850 | $113,151 | +120% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$392,804 | $116,120 | +119% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$87,156 | $17,843 | +114% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$178,135 | $40,040 | +102% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$145,933 | $35,571 | +97% |
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 326 · Inpatient stay |
$438,475 | $116,985 | +96% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,320 | $4,453 | -34% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay |
$112,007 | $44,443 | -22% |
|
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures
MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay |
$109,124 | $48,238 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,523 | $2,426 | -16% |
|
Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 650 · Inpatient stay |
$310,698 | $63,519 | -15% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,694 | $4,836 | -14% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$58,446 | $22,698 | -14% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications
MS-DRG 433 · Inpatient stay |
$39,663 | $16,920 | -13% |
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.