26/100
#1,991 nationally
Memorial Hospital Of Gardena
1145 W Redondo Beach Blvd, Gardena, CA 90247 · (310) 532-4200
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Hospital Of Gardena billed $5.46 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
- 5.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 27
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #128
- 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 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% 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 |
203 | $122,103 | $19,978 | +87% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $32,530 | $3,365 | +67% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
90 | $68,237 | $13,383 | +57% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $16,280 | $1,507 | +90% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $347,229 | $66,410 | +29% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $55,368 | $12,061 | +36% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $59,418 | $13,445 | +23% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $84,102 | $14,807 | +49% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $66,558 | $11,704 | +59% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $43,480 | $9,892 | +7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,280 | $1,507 | +90% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$122,103 | $19,978 | +87% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$83,085 | $13,771 | +78% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,530 | $3,365 | +67% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$66,558 | $11,704 | +59% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$68,237 | $13,383 | +57% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$52,775 | $7,959 | +56% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$116,510 | $19,062 | +53% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,259 | $3,919 | -31% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$69,584 | $19,506 | -11% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$82,880 | $20,487 | about average |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$43,480 | $9,892 | +7% |
|
Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face
MS-DRG 004 · Inpatient stay |
$619,815 | $139,115 | +15% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$60,036 | $13,623 | +17% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$43,057 | $9,338 | +18% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$59,418 | $13,445 | +23% |
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.