18/100
#2,222 nationally
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical Center
9920 Talbert Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 · (714) 378-7000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical Center billed $7.58 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
- 7.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 90
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #173
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% 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 |
623 | $48,325 | $3,357 | +149% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
354 | $167,134 | $19,845 | +156% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $43,827 | $6,982 | +25% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $34,332 | $4,013 | +36% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
116 | $119,793 | $12,591 | +176% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $15,508 | $1,982 | +54% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $20,472 | $2,309 | +74% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $76,019 | $15,992 | +22% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $39,311 | $6,362 | +43% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $132,985 | $16,324 | +142% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$110,917 | $12,211 | +264% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$219,600 | $19,962 | +181% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$116,641 | $11,436 | +179% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$119,793 | $12,591 | +176% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$146,681 | $14,208 | +160% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$167,134 | $19,845 | +156% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$122,730 | $12,391 | +153% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$450,744 | $61,861 | +153% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 027 · Inpatient stay |
$86,138 | $23,639 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$114,324 | $28,727 | -14% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,058 | $7,007 | +4% |
|
Pancreas, Liver and Shunt Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 406 · Inpatient stay |
$148,457 | $32,591 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,782 | $12,185 | +5% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$131,672 | $33,314 | +6% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,991 | $13,108 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,510 | $4,458 | +21% |
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.