CostGrade
D

36/100

#1,704 nationally

Centinela Hospital Medical Center

555 East Hardy Street, Inglewood, CA 90301 · (310) 673-4660

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Centinela Hospital Medical Center billed $3.89 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
3.9x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
78
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in CA
#79
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.

Inpatient charge markup 18.7/35

Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 3.4/25

Better than 14% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 11.7/30

Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.3/10

Better than 23% 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

379 $89,722 $20,718 +38%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

161 $58,280 $13,937 +34%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

134 $66,006 $16,906 +8%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay

114 $29,132 $11,168 -39%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

109 $28,572 $8,693 -11%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

99 $53,043 $13,263 +10%
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses without Major Complications

MS-DRG 206 · Inpatient stay

95 $28,987 $9,995 -37%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

88 $52,510 $14,228 +8%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

73 $282,381 $71,168 +5%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 073 · Inpatient stay

59 $39,438 $16,334 -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
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$43,703 $2,865 +272%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$46,419 $4,254 +100%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$46,862 $4,013 +86%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,294 $1,993 +72%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,767 $3,919 +56%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)

MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay

$102,919 $18,901 +45%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$68,252 $13,071 +44%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$89,722 $20,718 +38%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 073 · Inpatient stay

$39,438 $16,334 -39%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay

$29,132 $11,168 -39%
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses without Major Complications

MS-DRG 206 · Inpatient stay

$28,987 $9,995 -37%
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay

$48,628 $18,674 -36%
Other Disorders of Nervous System without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 093 · Inpatient stay

$31,109 $8,592 -36%
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without

MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay

$24,004 $9,651 -35%
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except

MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay

$590,499 $222,198 -33%
Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications

MS-DRG 605 · Inpatient stay

$29,769 $10,057 -27%

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.