22/100
#2,126 nationally
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital
25500 Medical Center Drive, Murrieta, CA 92562 · (951) 696-6000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital billed $6.79 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
- 6.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 67
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #156
- 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 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% 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 |
197 | $45,520 | $3,298 | +134% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
162 | $151,684 | $21,633 | +132% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $76,665 | $16,148 | +23% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $92,363 | $13,905 | +113% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
70 | $97,100 | $15,137 | +108% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $53,524 | $11,313 | +20% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $103,614 | $14,029 | +114% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $85,609 | $12,845 | +110% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $123,062 | $17,637 | +124% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $40,345 | $6,876 | +15% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 083 · Inpatient stay |
$169,054 | $15,370 | +182% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$77,925 | $8,986 | +155% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$89,839 | $10,439 | +144% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$74,766 | $8,708 | +144% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$88,091 | $10,060 | +141% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$93,217 | $10,998 | +139% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$112,635 | $13,474 | +138% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$118,283 | $17,303 | +137% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,940 | $2,339 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,345 | $6,876 | +15% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$97,141 | $22,851 | +17% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,524 | $11,313 | +20% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,665 | $16,148 | +23% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,993 | $5,972 | +24% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,547 | $8,793 | +24% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,622 | $3,895 | +25% |
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.