65/100
#793 nationally
Kaweah Health Medical Center
400 W Mineral King Ave, Visalia, CA 93291 · (559) 624-2000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Kaweah Health Medical Center billed $3.54 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 151
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #8
- 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 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% 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 |
826 | $21,020 | $3,358 | +8% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
605 | $17,117 | $3,966 | -32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
264 | $51,180 | $14,806 | +18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
258 | $46,809 | $15,870 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
226 | $2,453 | $833 | -22% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
214 | $62,319 | $13,448 | -8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
175 | $90,587 | $23,266 | +39% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
173 | $17,438 | $3,901 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
161 | $8,060 | $1,984 | -20% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
160 | $52,572 | $14,888 | +13% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$237,505 | $46,837 | +71% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$70,162 | $15,714 | +45% |
|
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications
MS-DRG 283 · Inpatient stay |
$119,072 | $31,201 | +40% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$90,587 | $23,266 | +39% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$134,161 | $29,470 | +39% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$86,294 | $21,050 | +30% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$47,209 | $11,847 | +27% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$49,006 | $11,305 | +25% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Amputation for Circulatory System Disorders Except Upper Limb and Toe with Major
MS-DRG 239 · Inpatient stay |
$103,212 | $46,169 | -48% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$43,880 | $18,179 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,489 | $3,144 | -41% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,321 | $22,851 | -41% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications
MS-DRG 442 · Inpatient stay |
$25,818 | $10,760 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,277 | $3,452 | -38% |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 035 · Inpatient stay |
$60,733 | $25,603 | -36% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$21,772 | $8,088 | -35% |
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.