51/100
#1,221 nationally
El Centro Regional Medical Center
1415 Ross Avenue, El Centro, CA 92243 · (760) 339-7100
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, El Centro Regional Medical Center billed $4.15 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
- 4.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 38
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #24
- 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.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
664 | $10,144 | $2,858 | -14% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
267 | $25,913 | $3,344 | +33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
177 | $74,143 | $19,065 | +14% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $19,537 | $4,286 | -5% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $29,588 | $11,313 | -33% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $17,272 | $3,770 | -10% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $50,138 | $12,721 | +16% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $32,420 | $7,094 | -8% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $61,380 | $13,899 | +32% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $50,655 | $11,605 | +24% |
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 |
$10,039 | $840 | +220% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$77,277 | $12,907 | +60% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$78,815 | $16,169 | +43% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$72,407 | $14,920 | +37% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,913 | $3,344 | +33% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$61,380 | $13,899 | +32% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,246 | $1,969 | +31% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$50,655 | $11,605 | +24% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,700 | $3,493 | -51% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$35,047 | $13,862 | -43% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,588 | $11,313 | -33% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$32,006 | $12,282 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,636 | $12,038 | -27% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,705 | $6,756 | -26% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,933 | $2,873 | -24% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,146 | $6,362 | -23% |
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.