16/100
#2,279 nationally
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
3330 Lomita Blvd, Torrance, CA 90509 · (310) 325-9110
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Torrance Memorial Medical Center billed $7.94 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
- 7.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 168
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #188
- 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 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% 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 |
1,249 | $37,696 | $3,341 | +94% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
480 | $154,562 | $19,636 | +137% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
325 | $13,452 | $1,980 | +33% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
276 | $118,836 | $12,307 | +174% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
262 | $123,345 | $18,249 | +54% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
246 | $115,096 | $16,148 | +84% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
199 | $12,673 | $2,831 | +8% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
183 | $63,617 | $7,038 | +81% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
180 | $37,516 | $3,953 | +49% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
173 | $29,993 | $3,866 | +57% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$281,177 | $22,817 | +252% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$191,703 | $16,821 | +251% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$171,862 | $13,838 | +205% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay |
$118,262 | $11,281 | +198% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$123,980 | $11,099 | +196% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications
MS-DRG 442 · Inpatient stay |
$118,895 | $9,269 | +182% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$118,836 | $12,307 | +174% |
|
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Major Complications
MS-DRG 435 · Inpatient stay |
$222,369 | $21,790 | +172% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,629 | $8,413 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,164 | $3,463 | -14% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$194,350 | $58,506 | -13% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,923 | $22,852 | -7% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$169,673 | $44,131 | -4% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,451 | $6,756 | about average |
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
$104,866 | $23,870 | about average |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$150,062 | $35,426 | +4% |
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.