49/100
#1,297 nationally
Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404 · (310) 829-5511
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint John's Health Center billed $4.52 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
- 144
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #32
- 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 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 |
598 | $100,141 | $19,774 | +53% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
505 | $77,201 | $18,077 | -3% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
504 | $24,241 | $3,360 | +25% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
336 | $11,509 | $2,498 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
306 | $3,273 | $838 | +4% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
265 | $68,176 | $16,006 | +9% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
258 | $8,802 | $1,967 | -13% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
200 | $87,169 | $28,984 | -34% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
152 | $59,471 | $12,342 | +37% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $18,373 | $3,993 | -27% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$76,190 | $13,872 | +82% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$63,587 | $9,773 | +71% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$88,689 | $16,835 | +61% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$94,978 | $12,637 | +59% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$93,460 | $9,568 | +58% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$63,663 | $11,421 | +56% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$100,141 | $19,774 | +53% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$268,502 | $60,671 | +50% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,698 | $2,865 | -52% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,527 | $6,115 | -48% |
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Major Complications or Disc Device or
MS-DRG 518 · Inpatient stay |
$108,070 | $31,224 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,971 | $10,435 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,651 | $13,107 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$90,969 | $40,316 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,757 | $4,253 | -37% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,630 | $3,765 | -36% |
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.