29/100
#1,915 nationally
Providence Little Company Of Mary Med Ctr Torrance
4101 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA 90503 · (310) 540-7676
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Providence Little Company Of Mary Med Ctr Torrance billed $5.91 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
- 5.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 100
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #110
- 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 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
616 | $29,882 | $3,358 | +54% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
357 | $124,441 | $21,498 | +91% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
161 | $9,465 | $1,984 | -6% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
152 | $81,460 | $13,710 | +88% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $101,940 | $16,043 | +63% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $39,800 | $4,013 | +58% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
84 | $89,566 | $16,432 | +46% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $69,283 | $12,061 | +70% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $13,776 | $2,339 | +17% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $124,959 | $16,731 | +127% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$191,860 | $22,249 | +138% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$124,959 | $16,731 | +127% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$107,940 | $14,550 | +123% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Major Complications
MS-DRG 444 · Inpatient stay |
$145,658 | $17,299 | +103% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$80,901 | $10,312 | +98% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$90,732 | $13,398 | +95% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$124,441 | $21,498 | +91% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$166,137 | $22,339 | +89% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,372 | $13,108 | -22% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,525 | $3,450 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,386 | $3,494 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,465 | $1,984 | -6% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$132,279 | $35,877 | -5% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$195,964 | $38,600 | about average |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$135,984 | $27,716 | about average |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$70,631 | $16,068 | +5% |
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.