34/100
#1,775 nationally
Memorial Medical Center
1700 Coffee Rd, Modesto, CA 95355 · (209) 526-4500
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Medical Center billed $5.37 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
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 167
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #94
- 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 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% 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 |
650 | $100,716 | $20,403 | +54% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
406 | $14,410 | $2,859 | +23% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
352 | $33,220 | $3,343 | +71% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
314 | $39,122 | $4,013 | +55% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
285 | $12,969 | $2,313 | +10% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
226 | $73,342 | $13,661 | +69% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $9,941 | $1,954 | about average |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
140 | $56,896 | $10,809 | +45% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
140 | $13,544 | $2,374 | +19% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $108,829 | $13,161 | +61% |
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 |
$23,250 | $1,969 | +171% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,905 | $826 | +120% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$63,577 | $7,843 | +103% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$72,073 | $9,318 | +97% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay |
$108,018 | $14,999 | +88% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$72,301 | $11,797 | +85% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$92,165 | $15,099 | +85% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$57,822 | $8,391 | +82% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,460 | $4,604 | -27% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$58,258 | $14,962 | -13% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,874 | $6,381 | -12% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$168,491 | $50,705 | -11% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,047 | $6,115 | -10% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$220,589 | $60,325 | -8% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$50,859 | $12,244 | -5% |
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 326 · Inpatient stay |
$215,148 | $55,006 | -4% |
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.