20/100
#2,171 nationally
Huntington Hospital
100 W California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91109 · (626) 397-5000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Huntington Hospital billed $7.36 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
- 7.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 158
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #164
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% 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 |
968 | $42,540 | $3,349 | +119% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
667 | $177,714 | $20,296 | +172% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
415 | $74,124 | $16,043 | +19% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
233 | $116,839 | $13,693 | +169% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
206 | $37,641 | $3,999 | +49% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
192 | $46,482 | $7,064 | +32% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
150 | $152,670 | $16,709 | +177% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
149 | $89,789 | $10,800 | +129% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
134 | $133,777 | $14,260 | +187% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $12,020 | $1,993 | +19% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$321,141 | $27,644 | +232% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$123,019 | $9,278 | +231% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$554,841 | $72,237 | +202% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$224,490 | $20,159 | +200% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$164,623 | $16,158 | +192% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$133,777 | $14,260 | +187% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$322,304 | $33,316 | +184% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$209,882 | $16,385 | +183% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,451 | $29,114 | -31% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$90,235 | $23,891 | -6% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$93,323 | $21,503 | about average |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,974 | $11,164 | about average |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,974 | $13,503 | +3% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$84,861 | $26,818 | +5% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$142,113 | $32,667 | +14% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$165,437 | $37,504 | +14% |
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.