35/100
#1,737 nationally
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
28062 Baxter Road, Murrieta, CA 92563 · (951) 290-4000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta billed $5.21 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
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 64
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #86
- 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 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
259 | $23,344 | $4,013 | -8% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
249 | $27,406 | $3,347 | +41% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
137 | $104,370 | $21,429 | +60% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
116 | $197,638 | $35,616 | +59% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $65,982 | $13,255 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $11,754 | $1,981 | +17% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $71,240 | $14,569 | +64% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $61,219 | $12,003 | +56% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $72,048 | $16,148 | +15% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $49,565 | $13,108 | -4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay |
$146,637 | $17,424 | +155% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$79,673 | $11,893 | +111% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$81,141 | $12,732 | +94% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$60,092 | $8,852 | +92% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,537 | $3,980 | +84% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,822 | $7,094 | +79% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$109,336 | $17,464 | +78% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$81,971 | $14,592 | +76% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,300 | $2,087 | -36% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,786 | $3,493 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,344 | $4,013 | -8% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,565 | $13,108 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,982 | $13,255 | about average |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$54,044 | $12,015 | about average |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$74,000 | $21,351 | +4% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$141,784 | $29,114 | +7% |
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.