42/100
#1,521 nationally
Los Angeles General Medical Center
2051 Marengo St, Room C2K100, Los Angeles, CA 90033 · (323) 226-2800
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Los Angeles General Medical Center billed $2.87 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
- 78
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #59
- 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 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
242 | $16,855 | $2,865 | +43% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
214 | $109,828 | $41,137 | +68% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
207 | $49,835 | $3,366 | +156% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
125 | $5,189 | $840 | +65% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
91 | $79,685 | $31,166 | +84% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $29,050 | $4,999 | +41% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $10,653 | $2,505 | -18% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
68 | $84,824 | $33,819 | +38% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $78,693 | $29,179 | +62% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $4,828 | $1,993 | -52% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$210,851 | $69,377 | +537% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$189,300 | $55,891 | +364% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$188,972 | $29,950 | +278% |
|
Non-extensive Burns
MS-DRG 935 · Inpatient stay |
$327,213 | $82,318 | +244% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,835 | $3,366 | +156% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$133,340 | $43,002 | +142% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$132,115 | $39,981 | +142% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$97,694 | $30,858 | +115% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$37,919 | $35,579 | -63% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,828 | $1,993 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,785 | $2,339 | -42% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$98,609 | $60,067 | -32% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$101,553 | $52,134 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,653 | $2,505 | -18% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$66,647 | $39,824 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,922 | $3,494 | -16% |
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.