CostGrade
D

34/100

#1,764 nationally

Community Regional Medical Center

2823 Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93721 · (559) 459-6000

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Community Regional Medical Center billed $5.11 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
5.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
186
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in CA
#90
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
1/5
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 10.4/35

Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 15.3/25

Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 6.5/30

Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 1.8/10

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 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

578 $15,587 $2,334 +33%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

511 $25,646 $3,347 +32%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

414 $123,713 $22,013 +90%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

412 $25,932 $4,013 about average
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

270 $67,516 $14,636 +56%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

253 $22,552 $3,919 +18%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

197 $52,235 $16,355 +45%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

187 $69,518 $13,503 about average
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

175 $29,336 $6,756 -19%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

153 $35,737 $7,094 about average

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
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 073 · Inpatient stay

$323,152 $43,968 +399%
Hypertension with Major Complications

MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay

$131,825 $16,326 +165%
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications

MS-DRG 862 · Inpatient stay

$183,433 $26,171 +147%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

$76,154 $10,887 +143%
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications

MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay

$127,184 $17,842 +129%
Respiratory Infection (with complications)

MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay

$84,673 $11,678 +128%
Kidney Failure (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 684 · Inpatient stay

$56,632 $7,700 +118%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major

MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay

$70,110 $11,658 +115%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit

$26,516 $8,308 -31%
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 327 · Inpatient stay

$84,048 $26,586 -27%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay

$40,689 $12,900 -24%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,336 $6,756 -19%
Level 4 ENT Procedures

APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,401 $1,501 -19%
O.r. Procedures for Obesity without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 621 · Inpatient stay

$54,007 $17,546 -18%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay

$35,396 $12,079 -17%
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures

MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay

$112,283 $35,255 -17%

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.
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