Ungraded
#1,680 nationally
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City
1100 Veterans Boulevard, Redwood City, CA 94063 · (650) 299-2000
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City billed $3.11 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
- 3.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 7
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #71
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
29 | $32,390 | $3,837 | +67% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $88,473 | $25,747 | +36% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $224,637 | $70,178 | about average |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 024 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $151,422 | $40,744 | about average |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 027 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $65,842 | $85,725 | -46% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $164,284 | $24,859 | +115% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $73,380 | $13,551 | +61% |
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 |
$164,284 | $24,859 | +115% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,390 | $3,837 | +67% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$73,380 | $13,551 | +61% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$88,473 | $25,747 | +36% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 024 · Inpatient stay |
$151,422 | $40,744 | about average |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay |
$224,637 | $70,178 | about average |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 027 · Inpatient stay |
$65,842 | $85,725 | -46% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 027 · Inpatient stay |
$65,842 | $85,725 | -46% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay |
$224,637 | $70,178 | about average |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 024 · Inpatient stay |
$151,422 | $40,744 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$88,473 | $25,747 | +36% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$73,380 | $13,551 | +61% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,390 | $3,837 | +67% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$164,284 | $24,859 | +115% |
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.