23/100
#2,093 nationally
Pih Health Hospital-Whittier
12401 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA 90602 · (562) 698-0811
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Pih Health Hospital-Whittier billed $6.70 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
- 6.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 106
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #149
- 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 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% 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 |
523 | $138,690 | $20,188 | +113% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
314 | $34,612 | $3,346 | +78% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
168 | $88,926 | $12,877 | +105% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
145 | $12,352 | $1,935 | +23% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $80,528 | $15,947 | +29% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $24,149 | $2,848 | +105% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $27,697 | $3,919 | +45% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $95,004 | $17,725 | +55% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
74 | $127,692 | $18,880 | +67% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $103,592 | $15,551 | +82% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$107,435 | $9,702 | +231% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$88,920 | $8,884 | +190% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$110,697 | $12,987 | +183% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$133,443 | $16,503 | +176% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$83,385 | $9,600 | +159% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$123,097 | $13,105 | +140% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay |
$133,431 | $14,058 | +132% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$120,486 | $14,481 | +121% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$264,729 | $54,285 | about average |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,904 | $3,462 | about average |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,121 | $2,374 | +7% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$88,008 | $18,486 | +9% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 982 · Inpatient stay |
$118,741 | $20,670 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,775 | $7,027 | +15% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,033 | $3,980 | +18% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,929 | $2,340 | +19% |
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.