15/100
#2,290 nationally
Glendale Adventist Medical Center
1509 E Wilson Terrace, Glendale, CA 91206 · (818) 409-8202
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Glendale Adventist Medical Center billed $7.56 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
- 7.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 144
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #190
- 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 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% 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 |
909 | $43,625 | $3,359 | +124% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
814 | $167,112 | $21,560 | +156% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
375 | $42,826 | $4,005 | +70% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
321 | $114,907 | $14,373 | +147% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
295 | $98,242 | $13,785 | +126% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
212 | $143,479 | $13,503 | +112% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
169 | $30,046 | $3,900 | +57% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
165 | $137,531 | $18,033 | +150% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
151 | $105,752 | $16,652 | +72% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
125 | $83,630 | $11,175 | +113% |
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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,255 | $2,295 | +219% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$154,793 | $14,412 | +178% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh with Major
MS-DRG 562 · Inpatient stay |
$149,412 | $15,920 | +178% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$83,652 | $9,289 | +163% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$103,199 | $10,856 | +162% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$76,437 | $9,074 | +157% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$167,112 | $21,560 | +156% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$676,972 | $80,014 | +152% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Endocrine Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 643 · Inpatient stay |
$62,637 | $16,844 | -5% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 073 · Inpatient stay |
$64,792 | $16,841 | about average |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,948 | $3,494 | +7% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$73,531 | $16,140 | +8% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay |
$221,771 | $42,244 | +20% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 446 · Inpatient stay |
$55,574 | $8,950 | +22% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,302 | $4,604 | +29% |
|
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Operating Room Procedures without
MS-DRG 517 · Inpatient stay |
$95,393 | $17,358 | +29% |
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.