40/100
#1,604 nationally
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr
200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 · (619) 543-6222
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr billed $4.29 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
- 4.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 243
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #68
- 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 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,381 | $2,443 | $839 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,235 | $13,241 | $2,860 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
821 | $9,150 | $2,448 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
693 | $9,299 | $1,976 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
674 | $13,791 | $2,336 | +17% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
585 | $143,869 | $35,921 | +120% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
534 | $78,549 | $16,094 | +26% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
534 | $27,875 | $3,354 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
440 | $20,461 | $3,465 | +16% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
404 | $15,815 | $4,008 | -37% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$168,624 | $44,435 | +238% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with
MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay |
$123,954 | $25,609 | +199% |
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major
MS-DRG 856 · Inpatient stay |
$541,194 | $134,133 | +185% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$117,735 | $21,578 | +181% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$103,536 | $24,000 | +178% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$155,581 | $37,435 | +176% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$267,108 | $55,838 | +172% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$174,126 | $32,385 | +164% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,815 | $4,008 | -37% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$80,840 | $42,373 | -35% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,607 | $13,477 | -30% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,150 | $2,448 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,099 | $10,435 | -26% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,230 | $20,945 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,650 | $3,914 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,443 | $839 | -22% |
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.