45/100
#1,438 nationally
Peninsula Medical Center
1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 · (650) 696-5400
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Peninsula Medical Center billed $4.50 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
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 115
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #48
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% 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 |
918 | $17,586 | $3,289 | +50% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
620 | $84,513 | $23,231 | +30% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
267 | $9,526 | $2,304 | -5% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
244 | $29,515 | $3,875 | +52% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
199 | $74,617 | $16,072 | +72% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $36,955 | $7,396 | +35% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
149 | $85,650 | $18,769 | +37% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
140 | $48,030 | $9,788 | +20% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
129 | $55,949 | $12,378 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $212,115 | $33,655 | +60% |
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 |
$20,736 | $2,289 | +142% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$58,548 | $10,224 | +97% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$260,967 | $48,175 | +82% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$106,938 | $19,979 | +74% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$74,617 | $16,072 | +72% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$93,635 | $15,451 | +68% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$91,672 | $14,764 | +68% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,708 | $4,627 | +65% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,104 | $2,426 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,070 | $5,353 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,408 | $9,316 | -10% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$70,437 | $20,934 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,161 | $5,449 | -7% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$110,677 | $30,916 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,526 | $2,304 | -5% |
|
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Major Complications
MS-DRG 435 · Inpatient stay |
$78,930 | $20,123 | -3% |
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.