63/100
#849 nationally
Lompoc Valley Medical Center
1515 E Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436 · (805) 737-3300
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lompoc Valley Medical Center billed $3.49 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
- 26
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #11
- 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 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% 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 |
188 | $17,152 | $3,365 | -12% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $71,164 | $23,734 | +9% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
44 | $42,893 | $13,357 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $7,062 | $1,993 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $13,126 | $2,339 | +12% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $38,403 | $6,926 | +9% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $20,636 | $8,646 | -48% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $11,196 | $2,865 | -5% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $30,297 | $10,917 | -23% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $24,611 | $8,934 | -17% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$75,770 | $16,528 | +63% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$38,353 | $13,104 | +26% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$48,504 | $15,478 | +19% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$56,883 | $14,376 | +17% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$36,954 | $8,816 | +15% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$36,002 | $9,012 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,126 | $2,339 | +12% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$60,969 | $17,519 | +11% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,636 | $8,646 | -48% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,193 | $4,604 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,187 | $3,980 | -35% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$55,563 | $21,668 | -33% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,062 | $1,993 | -30% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$28,433 | $10,382 | -27% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$22,371 | $8,655 | -27% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$24,128 | $9,477 | -27% |
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.