27/100
#1,950 nationally
City Of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital
1500 E Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, City Of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital billed $9.77 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
- 9.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 33
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #118
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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.
Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% 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 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,301 | $34,702 | $3,486 | +96% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,222 | $10,699 | $837 | +241% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,024 | $19,973 | $1,991 | +98% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
533 | $20,436 | $2,493 | +58% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
454 | $26,622 | $3,919 | +39% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
389 | $38,517 | $4,272 | +87% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
319 | $35,041 | $2,339 | +198% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
284 | $131,599 | $12,521 | +120% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
257 | $17,578 | $1,964 | +105% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
191 | $74,318 | $7,064 | +112% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,699 | $837 | +241% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,041 | $2,339 | +198% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,511 | $2,065 | +185% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$94,220 | $7,971 | +138% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$85,792 | $6,599 | +137% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,088 | $7,200 | +133% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,952 | $2,374 | +129% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,625 | $4,708 | +127% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,745 | $9,568 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,622 | $3,919 | +39% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,436 | $2,493 | +58% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,902 | $7,007 | +63% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$110,896 | $13,503 | +64% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,596 | $4,254 | +66% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,133 | $8,413 | +72% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$164,608 | $21,503 | +72% |
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.