30/100
#1,868 nationally
Foothill Regional Medical Center
14662 Newport Ave, Tustin, CA 92780 · (714) 619-7700
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Foothill Regional Medical Center billed $5.73 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
- 5.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 29
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #104
- 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 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
217 | $113,133 | $18,941 | +73% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
81 | $68,701 | $13,163 | +42% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $63,126 | $11,735 | +55% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $90,125 | $12,855 | +108% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $81,286 | $15,211 | +43% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $71,183 | $16,345 | +8% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $90,554 | $16,570 | +65% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $54,402 | $7,835 | +78% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $55,366 | $8,171 | +86% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $79,682 | $14,403 | +51% |
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 |
$63,908 | $8,957 | +109% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$90,125 | $12,855 | +108% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$84,283 | $10,567 | +90% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$55,366 | $8,171 | +86% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$75,317 | $11,241 | +80% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$54,402 | $7,835 | +78% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$113,133 | $18,941 | +73% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$301,063 | $51,199 | +69% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$70,863 | $19,066 | -12% |
|
Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast with Major Complications
MS-DRG 604 · Inpatient stay |
$75,143 | $15,311 | about average |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$71,183 | $16,345 | +8% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh with Major
MS-DRG 562 · Inpatient stay |
$60,772 | $14,544 | +13% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$45,514 | $9,681 | +16% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$43,052 | $9,078 | +17% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$84,266 | $16,392 | +21% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$81,439 | $16,454 | +27% |
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.