46/100
#1,383 nationally
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles
4867 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 · (323) 783-4011
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles billed $2.84 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
- 2.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 25
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #40
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% 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 |
144 | $33,547 | $3,300 | +73% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $114,112 | $31,280 | +75% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $71,672 | $19,062 | +65% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $99,812 | $29,674 | +63% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $26,338 | $2,795 | +4% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $141,914 | $38,802 | +86% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $51,871 | $13,748 | +32% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $84,292 | $15,870 | +85% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
24 | $9,080 | $2,717 | -23% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $47,721 | $43,954 | -53% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$141,914 | $38,802 | +86% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$84,292 | $15,870 | +85% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$114,112 | $31,280 | +75% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,547 | $3,300 | +73% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,032 | $6,163 | +66% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$71,672 | $19,062 | +65% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$99,812 | $29,674 | +63% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$75,348 | $18,103 | +56% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$47,721 | $43,954 | -53% |
|
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization
MS-DRG 220 · Inpatient stay |
$128,908 | $186,335 | -45% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$84,562 | $41,237 | -41% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,080 | $2,717 | -23% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay |
$183,939 | $66,432 | -20% |
|
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation without Major Complications
MS-DRG 234 · Inpatient stay |
$203,948 | $138,451 | -7% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$44,885 | $19,244 | about average |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,508 | $13,242 | about average |
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.