Ungraded
#293 nationally
Colusa Medical Center
199 E Webster Street, Colusa, CA 95932 · (530) 619-0800
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Colusa Medical Center billed $1.82 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
- 1.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 6
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #2
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
50 | $40,018 | $27,531 | -39% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $15,227 | $3,604 | -22% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $35,382 | $17,322 | -18% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $30,801 | $14,880 | -21% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $38,214 | $17,414 | -21% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $19,181 | $11,128 | -37% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$35,382 | $17,322 | -18% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$38,214 | $17,414 | -21% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$30,801 | $14,880 | -21% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,227 | $3,604 | -22% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$19,181 | $11,128 | -37% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$40,018 | $27,531 | -39% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$40,018 | $27,531 | -39% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$19,181 | $11,128 | -37% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,227 | $3,604 | -22% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$30,801 | $14,880 | -21% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$38,214 | $17,414 | -21% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$35,382 | $17,322 | -18% |
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.