40/100
#1,592 nationally
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey
9333 Imperial Highway, Downey, CA 90242 · (562) 461-6007
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey billed $3.44 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
- 3.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 14
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #66
- 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 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% 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 |
126 | $31,323 | $3,280 | +61% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
112 | $119,602 | $25,133 | +83% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $86,041 | $23,330 | +98% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $22,239 | $3,843 | +16% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $280,075 | $132,814 | +57% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $46,751 | $14,738 | +19% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $76,339 | $16,702 | +58% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $45,589 | $14,567 | +41% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $65,807 | $12,784 | +100% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $95,565 | $28,310 | +74% |
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 Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$65,807 | $12,784 | +100% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$86,041 | $23,330 | +98% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$119,602 | $25,133 | +83% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$83,702 | $16,134 | +80% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$95,565 | $28,310 | +74% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,323 | $3,280 | +61% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$76,339 | $16,702 | +58% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$280,075 | $132,814 | +57% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$144,312 | $143,181 | about average |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,403 | $6,625 | about average |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$68,463 | $18,845 | +12% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,239 | $3,843 | +16% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$46,751 | $14,738 | +19% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$45,589 | $14,567 | +41% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$280,075 | $132,814 | +57% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$76,339 | $16,702 | +58% |
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.