36/100
#1,710 nationally
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento
2025 Morse Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95825 · (916) 973-5000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento billed $4.33 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
- 4.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 18
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #80
- 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 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% 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 |
179 | $35,165 | $3,759 | +81% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
155 | $114,580 | $25,760 | +76% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $69,550 | $21,113 | +60% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
45 | $58,584 | $17,217 | +49% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $15,103 | $3,106 | +28% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $74,088 | $15,400 | +63% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $97,619 | $28,882 | +102% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $31,393 | $7,850 | -9% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $72,410 | $26,808 | +32% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $74,866 | $20,538 | +32% |
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 Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$97,619 | $28,882 | +102% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$79,337 | $14,186 | +90% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,165 | $3,759 | +81% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$58,031 | $13,231 | +76% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$114,580 | $25,760 | +76% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$74,088 | $15,400 | +63% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$69,550 | $21,113 | +60% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$58,584 | $17,217 | +49% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,393 | $7,850 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,316 | $3,762 | about average |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$45,320 | $11,485 | +11% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$241,858 | $56,952 | +26% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$97,031 | $22,280 | +27% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,103 | $3,106 | +28% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,649 | $2,798 | +29% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$72,410 | $26,808 | +32% |
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.