37/100
#1,679 nationally
Huntington Beach Hospital
17772 Beach Blvd, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 · (714) 843-5000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Huntington Beach Hospital billed $4.99 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 12
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #77
- 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 31% 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 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% 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 |
155 | $102,387 | $19,368 | +57% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $99,254 | $16,065 | +80% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $39,386 | $12,655 | -19% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $49,211 | $11,981 | +13% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $36,825 | $7,694 | +21% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $53,472 | $12,885 | +15% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $59,150 | $14,472 | +12% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $391,310 | $75,108 | +46% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $57,373 | $12,044 | +19% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $30,284 | $8,077 | about average |
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 |
$99,254 | $16,065 | +80% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$102,387 | $19,368 | +57% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$391,310 | $75,108 | +46% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$36,825 | $7,694 | +21% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$57,373 | $12,044 | +19% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$53,472 | $12,885 | +15% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$49,211 | $11,981 | +13% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$59,150 | $14,472 | +12% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$25,324 | $7,880 | -21% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$39,386 | $12,655 | -19% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$36,739 | $10,001 | -6% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$30,284 | $8,077 | about average |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$59,150 | $14,472 | +12% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$49,211 | $11,981 | +13% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$53,472 | $12,885 | +15% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$57,373 | $12,044 | +19% |
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.