28/100
#1,932 nationally
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA 91204 · (818) 502-1900
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center billed $6.19 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
- 6.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 63
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #113
- 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 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% 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 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
578 | $6,710 | $1,993 | -33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
424 | $129,085 | $20,371 | +98% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
285 | $37,653 | $3,356 | +94% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
134 | $85,591 | $13,220 | +97% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $33,881 | $3,987 | +34% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $24,455 | $3,919 | +28% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $69,194 | $13,503 | about average |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
76 | $97,423 | $14,093 | +109% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $44,142 | $6,983 | +27% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $32,634 | $6,756 | -10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$126,955 | $16,647 | +123% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$173,343 | $21,579 | +121% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$67,588 | $8,888 | +113% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$97,423 | $14,093 | +109% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$84,218 | $11,758 | +101% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$129,085 | $20,371 | +98% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$85,591 | $13,220 | +97% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,653 | $3,356 | +94% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,710 | $1,993 | -33% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,634 | $6,756 | -10% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$144,310 | $35,878 | about average |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$135,141 | $29,114 | about average |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,194 | $13,503 | about average |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,468 | $3,493 | +4% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,886 | $3,452 | +14% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,204 | $4,286 | +17% |
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.