3/100
#2,559 nationally
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048 · (310) 423-5000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center billed $11.56 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
- 11.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 325
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #221
- 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 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 0% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 |
1,247 | $330,924 | $28,713 | +407% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,222 | $67,382 | $3,336 | +247% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
831 | $30,657 | $1,973 | +204% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
768 | $38,456 | $2,317 | +227% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
713 | $8,481 | $831 | +170% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
706 | $51,372 | $3,893 | +169% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
694 | $64,206 | $4,000 | +154% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
621 | $233,410 | $13,389 | +245% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
580 | $221,497 | $15,998 | +255% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
575 | $233,054 | $19,504 | +437% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Major
MS-DRG 542 · Inpatient stay |
$554,399 | $41,526 | +709% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$348,855 | $27,973 | +621% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$219,940 | $15,083 | +491% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,818 | $2,356 | +471% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay |
$1,308,731 | $107,463 | +471% |
|
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$528,404 | $28,895 | +460% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$232,733 | $17,715 | +456% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$105,388 | $3,958 | +456% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (car) T-cell and Other Immunotherapies
MS-DRG 018 · Inpatient stay |
$1,749,260 | $357,520 | -11% |
|
Spinal Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 030 · Inpatient stay |
$316,298 | $27,260 | about average |
|
Cardiac Congenital and Valvular Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 307 · Inpatient stay |
$123,930 | $11,870 | +52% |
|
Major Skin Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 596 · Inpatient stay |
$156,883 | $14,426 | +57% |
|
Connective Tissue Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 545 · Inpatient stay |
$256,670 | $29,855 | +98% |
|
Spinal Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 028 · Inpatient stay |
$558,718 | $62,354 | +102% |
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Major Complications or Disc Device or
MS-DRG 518 · Inpatient stay |
$422,324 | $42,415 | +105% |
|
Other Ear, Nose, Mouth and Throat Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 155 · Inpatient stay |
$121,607 | $12,793 | +111% |
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.