46/100
#1,386 nationally
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med Center
1000 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90509 · (310) 222-2345
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med Center billed $2.94 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
- 2.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 64
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #42
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
178 | $110,520 | $40,764 | +69% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $20,265 | $2,865 | +72% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $71,966 | $30,080 | +66% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $3,085 | $840 | about average |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $82,280 | $31,145 | +70% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $97,697 | $29,480 | +102% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $7,849 | $2,505 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $10,831 | $1,993 | +7% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $16,714 | $4,013 | -34% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $48,336 | $21,678 | +62% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$78,952 | $4,254 | +240% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$166,831 | $34,334 | +234% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$262,675 | $52,033 | +199% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$194,383 | $48,011 | +155% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$69,078 | $22,776 | +126% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$114,303 | $36,438 | +108% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$94,297 | $27,872 | +107% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$89,988 | $27,334 | +103% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,492 | $3,724 | -42% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,849 | $2,505 | -39% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$89,313 | $60,708 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,714 | $4,013 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,810 | $7,027 | -28% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$58,888 | $37,686 | -26% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$64,966 | $39,275 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,483 | $13,503 | -14% |
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.