CostGrade
C

44/100

#1,464 nationally

Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center

12601 Garden Grove Blvd, Garden Grove, CA 92843 · (714) 537-5160

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center billed $4.16 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
4.2x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
22
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in CA
#51
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
2/5
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 16.3/35

Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 12.5/25

Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.

Price level vs national median 11.1/30

Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 4.1/10

Better than 41% 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

248 $89,487 $20,128 +37%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

57 $53,980 $13,566 +11%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

53 $95,945 $17,233 +74%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

40 $57,034 $15,272 +8%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

34 $37,233 $8,302 +22%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

32 $217,634 $62,624 -19%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

30 $44,419 $13,386 about average
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

25 $46,708 $9,472 +42%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

24 $62,906 $13,819 +35%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

22 $42,867 $10,825 +9%

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
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$95,945 $17,233 +74%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$93,851 $17,067 +65%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$46,708 $9,472 +42%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$89,487 $20,128 +37%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$43,508 $8,705 +37%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$62,906 $13,819 +35%
Fainting

MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay

$45,505 $9,159 +24%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$37,233 $8,302 +22%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses without Major Complications

MS-DRG 206 · Inpatient stay

$29,350 $10,264 -36%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$128,144 $43,493 -28%
Diabetes with Major Complications

MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay

$42,316 $15,698 -25%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

$217,634 $62,624 -19%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)

MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay

$65,056 $17,119 -8%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$28,127 $8,548 -6%
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications

MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay

$43,058 $11,039 about average
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$44,419 $13,386 about average

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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