27/100
#1,966 nationally
Saint Francis Medical Center
3630 East Imperial Highway, Lynwood, CA 90262 · (310) 900-8900
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Francis Medical Center billed $4.66 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 40
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #124
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% 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 |
334 | $119,616 | $21,783 | +83% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $54,942 | $14,493 | +27% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
76 | $87,867 | $18,379 | +43% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
76 | $18,899 | $15,426 | -48% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $53,521 | $14,559 | +10% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $89,517 | $18,228 | +63% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $263,428 | $52,851 | +48% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $62,258 | $16,745 | +18% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $86,618 | $21,853 | +14% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $351,251 | $73,641 | +31% |
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 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,436 | $3,919 | +148% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$163,255 | $25,823 | +109% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$105,933 | $18,267 | +86% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$119,616 | $21,783 | +83% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$192,063 | $29,453 | +69% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$89,517 | $18,228 | +63% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$221,451 | $31,498 | +54% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$263,428 | $52,851 | +48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$18,899 | $15,426 | -48% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$53,906 | $21,450 | -33% |
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay |
$55,768 | $20,321 | -27% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 073 · Inpatient stay |
$55,205 | $17,089 | -15% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$55,789 | $18,138 | -13% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$74,390 | $21,260 | -8% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$72,872 | $20,254 | -4% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$29,732 | $8,999 | 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.
- 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.