45/100
#1,425 nationally
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay
25825 South Vermont Avenue, Harbor City, CA 90710 · (310) 325-5111
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay billed $3.42 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
- 13
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #47
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 34% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
84 | $88,790 | $25,741 | +36% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $34,787 | $3,289 | +79% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $76,904 | $23,058 | +77% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $35,623 | $13,049 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $22,590 | $7,027 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $9,660 | $2,056 | -18% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $53,320 | $31,857 | -3% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $61,653 | $26,016 | about average |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $41,633 | $30,568 | +29% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $286,686 | $67,560 | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,787 | $3,289 | +79% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$76,904 | $23,058 | +77% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$68,880 | $11,888 | +65% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$286,686 | $67,560 | +61% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$88,790 | $25,741 | +36% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$41,633 | $30,568 | +29% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$61,653 | $26,016 | about average |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$53,320 | $31,857 | -3% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,590 | $7,027 | -35% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$46,906 | $22,463 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,660 | $2,056 | -18% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$35,623 | $13,049 | -9% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$43,238 | $21,047 | -7% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$53,320 | $31,857 | -3% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$61,653 | $26,016 | about average |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$41,633 | $30,568 | +29% |
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.