CostGrade
C

39/100

#1,626 nationally

Pih Health Good Samaritan Hospital

1225 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90017 · (213) 977-2121

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Pih Health Good Samaritan Hospital billed $4.87 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
4.9x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
80
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in CA
#69
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 13.0/35

Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 13.9/25

Better than 56% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 8.3/30

Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 3.7/10

Better than 37% 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

363 $106,001 $20,148 +62%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

345 $36,174 $4,987 +75%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

192 $27,485 $2,866 +134%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

159 $63,995 $13,457 +47%
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay

87 $108,225 $33,530 -13%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

79 $34,161 $3,879 +79%
Level 5 ENT Procedures

APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit

74 $48,741 $7,122 +42%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major

MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay

73 $239,816 $50,830 +27%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

67 $93,182 $29,114 -30%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

64 $63,013 $13,955 +30%

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 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$27,485 $2,866 +134%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$74,949 $6,756 +107%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$39,286 $3,980 +93%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$49,573 $6,362 +81%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$34,161 $3,879 +79%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$109,523 $16,148 +75%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

$36,174 $4,987 +75%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$133,895 $21,180 +67%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay

$120,171 $41,155 -35%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

$93,182 $29,114 -30%
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures

APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit

$112,394 $40,316 -24%
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay

$108,225 $33,530 -13%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay

$139,614 $38,560 -9%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay

$72,641 $21,012 -7%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay

$36,075 $10,332 -7%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay

$140,376 $35,172 -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.
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