53/100
#1,172 nationally
Sutter Coast Hospital
800 E Washington Blvd, Crescent City, CA 95531 · (707) 464-8511
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sutter Coast Hospital billed $3.59 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 24
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #20
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% 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 |
192 | $70,059 | $23,247 | +7% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $30,498 | $3,583 | +57% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $60,902 | $14,829 | +40% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
45 | $41,657 | $11,948 | +6% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $21,080 | $4,197 | +10% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
24 | $33,216 | $7,598 | -5% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $52,306 | $15,251 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
20 | $13,721 | $2,505 | +17% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $66,372 | $19,257 | +17% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $148,966 | $59,579 | -16% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,135 | $899 | +64% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,498 | $3,583 | +57% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$47,885 | $10,045 | +48% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,121 | $2,109 | +41% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$60,902 | $14,829 | +40% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$60,172 | $11,795 | +32% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$66,293 | $19,654 | +20% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$66,372 | $19,257 | +17% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$148,966 | $59,579 | -16% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,079 | $9,414 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,066 | $3,741 | -9% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$38,747 | $11,510 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,216 | $7,598 | -5% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,686 | $2,116 | -5% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,118 | $4,590 | about average |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,854 | $4,555 | 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.