CostGrade
D

35/100

#1,742 nationally

Orange County Global Medical Center

1001 North Tustin Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92705 · (714) 953-3500

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Orange County Global Medical Center billed $4.77 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
4.8x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
33
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in CA
#87
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.

Inpatient charge markup 12.5/35

Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 8.9/25

Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 9.4/30

Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 4.3/10

Better than 43% 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

128 $96,400 $20,837 +48%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

37 $142,280 $22,659 +87%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

37 $59,436 $13,886 +37%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

37 $30,869 $3,231 +59%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications

MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay

36 $70,815 $13,227 +25%
Concussion with Complications

MS-DRG 089 · Inpatient stay

35 $64,790 $12,540 -27%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

29 $71,520 $13,614 +47%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

29 $234,399 $50,370 +32%
Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications

MS-DRG 605 · Inpatient stay

26 $51,707 $10,187 +26%
Level 4 ENT Procedures

APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit

24 $29,052 $3,958 +53%

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
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$142,280 $22,659 +87%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$30,869 $3,231 +59%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$89,586 $18,121 +58%
Level 4 ENT Procedures

APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,052 $3,958 +53%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$70,977 $13,167 +50%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$96,400 $20,837 +48%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

$71,520 $13,614 +47%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$67,130 $12,099 +47%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,369 $4,013 -27%
Concussion with Complications

MS-DRG 089 · Inpatient stay

$64,790 $12,540 -27%
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except

MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay

$694,957 $153,780 -21%
Other Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 580 · Inpatient stay

$70,635 $18,123 -14%
Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast with Major Complications

MS-DRG 604 · Inpatient stay

$64,657 $16,323 -14%
Chest Pain

MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay

$30,833 $8,256 -9%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

$258,245 $63,628 -4%
Concussion with Major Complications

MS-DRG 088 · Inpatient stay

$90,205 $16,435 about average

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.
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