43/100
#1,501 nationally
Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center Of Santa Cruz
2900 Chanticleer Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95065 · (831) 477-2200
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center Of Santa Cruz billed $5.29 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
- 27
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #56
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
635 | $15,220 | $3,106 | +29% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
142 | $37,325 | $6,875 | +36% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $19,433 | $4,599 | -6% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $48,093 | $9,481 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $12,282 | $2,501 | +5% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $92,235 | $17,546 | +48% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $46,954 | $7,518 | +34% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $25,877 | $4,278 | +27% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $16,310 | $2,580 | +44% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $20,576 | $2,721 | +59% |
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 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$136,395 | $24,831 | +64% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,576 | $2,721 | +59% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,814 | $13,502 | +54% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$92,235 | $17,546 | +48% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,013 | $3,122 | +45% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,301 | $2,047 | +45% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,310 | $2,580 | +44% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,325 | $6,875 | +36% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,790 | $8,710 | -9% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,433 | $4,599 | -6% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,093 | $3,750 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,118 | $4,259 | about average |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,745 | $9,140 | about average |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,739 | $7,824 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,282 | $2,501 | +5% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,888 | $6,646 | +10% |
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.