18/100
#2,232 nationally
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
751 Medical Center Court, Chula Vista, CA 91911 · (619) 502-5800
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center billed $7.43 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
- 7.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 106
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #177
- 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 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% 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 |
292 | $163,989 | $20,743 | +151% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
227 | $37,608 | $3,365 | +94% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
226 | $22,861 | $2,855 | +94% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
193 | $108,956 | $14,396 | +151% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $34,734 | $4,013 | +38% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
99 | $115,564 | $13,870 | +148% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $141,932 | $17,709 | +158% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
81 | $75,126 | $8,898 | +152% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $59,756 | $7,094 | +70% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $100,106 | $13,333 | +48% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$161,272 | $14,265 | +233% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$135,442 | $11,794 | +224% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$156,889 | $17,285 | +206% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$159,997 | $18,778 | +184% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$210,571 | $23,154 | +176% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$126,679 | $12,874 | +168% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications
MS-DRG 442 · Inpatient stay |
$110,871 | $10,355 | +163% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$86,024 | $9,185 | +158% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,380 | $2,340 | -20% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$240,512 | $67,008 | about average |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$149,084 | $38,704 | about average |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,545 | $4,253 | about average |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay |
$193,925 | $39,861 | +5% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,590 | $2,504 | +5% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,773 | $3,494 | +6% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$114,011 | $23,891 | +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.