11/100
#2,362 nationally
El Camino Health
2500 Grant Road, Mountain View, CA 94040 · (650) 940-7000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, El Camino Health billed $8.63 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
- 8.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 171
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #198
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
671 | $57,738 | $3,823 | +197% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
588 | $153,342 | $18,376 | +145% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
549 | $197,829 | $22,517 | +203% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
421 | $66,435 | $7,245 | +142% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
345 | $25,084 | $2,259 | +149% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
295 | $131,100 | $14,480 | +202% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
274 | $86,702 | $8,031 | +147% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
247 | $131,735 | $14,417 | +121% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
233 | $21,023 | $2,670 | +79% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
195 | $38,751 | $2,857 | +200% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay |
$411,893 | $34,780 | +439% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$306,560 | $32,735 | +292% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$549,607 | $56,149 | +279% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$424,501 | $38,928 | +274% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$96,136 | $9,624 | +267% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$974,032 | $112,273 | +263% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$146,299 | $9,198 | +254% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$405,004 | $43,438 | +245% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,266 | $5,393 | +25% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$208,364 | $46,171 | +40% |
|
Endocrine Disorders without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 645 · Inpatient stay |
$61,784 | $8,423 | +41% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,050 | $8,048 | +47% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$143,329 | $27,359 | +50% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,269 | $8,025 | +51% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,637 | $4,001 | +56% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$128,332 | $30,712 | +59% |
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.