44/100
#1,469 nationally
Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical Center
14445 Olive View Drive, Sylmar, CA 91342 · (818) 364-1555
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical Center billed $2.93 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
- 34
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #52
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 |
163 | $113,415 | $42,206 | +74% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
140 | $45,368 | $3,318 | +133% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $18,523 | $2,866 | +58% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $77,954 | $33,634 | +80% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $4,207 | $840 | +34% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $8,040 | $2,449 | -38% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $124,240 | $39,004 | +157% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $7,813 | $1,993 | -22% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $14,092 | $4,286 | -32% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $81,789 | $34,436 | +69% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$284,075 | $66,864 | +400% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$188,853 | $55,352 | +278% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$124,240 | $39,004 | +157% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,368 | $3,318 | +133% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,646 | $4,999 | +87% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$77,954 | $33,634 | +80% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$113,415 | $42,206 | +74% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$81,789 | $34,436 | +69% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,429 | $3,919 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,040 | $2,449 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,066 | $4,013 | -36% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,092 | $4,286 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,813 | $1,993 | -22% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$35,561 | $28,766 | -15% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$50,393 | $30,635 | -8% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$43,447 | $28,251 | -5% |
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.