25/100
#2,036 nationally
St Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813 · (562) 491-9000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Mary Medical Center billed $5.86 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
- 37
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #140
- 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 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% 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 |
270 | $133,043 | $22,542 | +104% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $29,578 | $3,365 | +52% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $86,466 | $15,313 | +99% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $379,536 | $61,402 | +113% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $107,399 | $19,502 | +75% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $66,087 | $12,635 | +68% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $82,386 | $15,182 | +70% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $111,670 | $20,869 | +46% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $85,189 | $15,372 | +83% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
24 | $20,432 | $4,286 | about average |
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 Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$134,258 | $17,456 | +144% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$125,490 | $20,943 | +137% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$90,260 | $13,046 | +116% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$379,536 | $61,402 | +113% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$133,043 | $22,542 | +104% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$86,466 | $15,313 | +99% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$112,767 | $18,986 | +99% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$79,058 | $14,425 | +94% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,749 | $840 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,973 | $3,494 | -4% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,432 | $4,286 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,225 | $6,362 | +6% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$323,137 | $81,428 | +20% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,445 | $13,503 | +20% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,236 | $1,900 | +21% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,420 | $4,013 | +28% |
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.