66/100
#755 nationally
College Medical Center
2776 Pacific Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90806 · (562) 595-1911
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, College Medical Center billed $2.62 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
- 2.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 14
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #7
- 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 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
152 | $27,996 | $15,593 | -22% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $64,956 | $20,767 | about average |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $28,604 | $9,362 | -6% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $41,823 | $14,487 | -14% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $40,515 | $10,575 | +33% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $27,710 | $9,442 | -14% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $34,037 | $11,153 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $12,452 | $2,339 | +6% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $50,882 | $14,459 | +17% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $29,828 | $10,357 | -19% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$40,515 | $10,575 | +33% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$50,882 | $14,459 | +17% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$63,885 | $18,841 | +12% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$49,911 | $13,340 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,452 | $2,339 | +6% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$64,956 | $20,767 | about average |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$41,027 | $13,019 | about average |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$28,604 | $9,362 | -6% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$27,996 | $15,593 | -22% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$29,828 | $10,357 | -19% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$27,710 | $9,442 | -14% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$41,823 | $14,487 | -14% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$34,037 | $11,153 | -12% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$28,029 | $9,065 | -8% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$28,604 | $9,362 | -6% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$41,027 | $13,019 | about average |
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.