27/100
#1,974 nationally
Sutter Delta Medical Center
3901 Lone Tree Way, Antioch, CA 94509 · (925) 779-7200
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sutter Delta Medical Center billed $5.31 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
- 5.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 48
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #126
- 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 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% 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 |
504 | $38,083 | $3,805 | +96% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
316 | $104,343 | $21,637 | +60% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
127 | $82,576 | $14,877 | +90% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $58,462 | $11,857 | +49% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $69,482 | $14,340 | +43% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $88,533 | $15,117 | +83% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $52,833 | $4,476 | +109% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $95,248 | $15,147 | +104% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $82,780 | $18,541 | +50% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $18,354 | $2,649 | +56% |
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 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,833 | $4,476 | +109% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$95,248 | $15,147 | +104% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$72,654 | $15,524 | +98% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,083 | $3,805 | +96% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$81,158 | $12,815 | +94% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$82,576 | $14,877 | +90% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$74,663 | $11,294 | +90% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$88,533 | $15,117 | +83% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$187,083 | $50,290 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,000 | $7,234 | +8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,053 | $2,258 | +10% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$38,796 | $9,839 | +12% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$63,773 | $16,476 | +12% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$44,893 | $11,164 | +16% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$67,577 | $16,018 | +20% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$63,813 | $14,830 | +24% |
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.