61/100
#920 nationally
Los Angeles Community Hospital
4081 E Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023 · (323) 267-0477
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Los Angeles Community Hospital billed $3.59 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 62
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #13
- 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 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% 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 |
436 | $92,801 | $20,658 | +42% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
334 | $39,908 | $14,122 | -18% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
248 | $30,485 | $14,637 | -16% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
241 | $44,518 | $12,526 | +9% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
151 | $48,033 | $15,170 | -9% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
97 | $53,658 | $17,363 | -16% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $60,955 | $16,449 | +7% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
87 | $50,430 | $14,037 | +8% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
85 | $60,959 | $16,872 | +11% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $45,056 | $14,744 | -12% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$66,595 | $11,059 | +70% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$70,295 | $14,364 | +62% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$49,414 | $8,563 | +58% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$91,968 | $18,127 | +50% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$92,801 | $20,658 | +42% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$64,243 | $12,907 | +36% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$354,224 | $76,803 | +32% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$38,390 | $8,674 | +29% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Signs and Symptoms of Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Major
MS-DRG 555 · Inpatient stay |
$32,771 | $14,780 | -60% |
|
Bone Diseases and Arthropathies with Major Complications
MS-DRG 553 · Inpatient stay |
$34,228 | $14,351 | -59% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$39,941 | $19,099 | -54% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$39,827 | $16,791 | -40% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$42,147 | $16,800 | -39% |
|
Signs and Symptoms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 947 · Inpatient stay |
$34,184 | $13,523 | -37% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$44,690 | $18,343 | -37% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,178 | $6,756 | -36% |
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.