7/100
#2,470 nationally
Uci Health-Lakewood
3700 South St, Lakewood, CA 90712 · (562) 602-6751
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Uci Health-Lakewood billed $12.08 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
- 12.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 59
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #213
- 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 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% 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 |
224 | $291,834 | $20,596 | +347% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
84 | $211,897 | $14,263 | +388% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $60,672 | $3,333 | +212% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $139,055 | $13,306 | +198% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $123,888 | $12,764 | +155% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $124,359 | $10,473 | +217% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $568,190 | $50,108 | +219% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $57,058 | $4,013 | +126% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $104,932 | $8,461 | +252% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $48,740 | $3,919 | +155% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$282,242 | $17,742 | +413% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$211,897 | $14,263 | +388% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$291,834 | $20,596 | +347% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$195,684 | $12,507 | +304% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$226,488 | $16,388 | +299% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$276,774 | $19,797 | +289% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$172,503 | $11,706 | +279% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$218,982 | $15,598 | +257% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$174,045 | $29,114 | +31% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$117,028 | $19,534 | +46% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,119 | $1,958 | +50% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,710 | $3,494 | +68% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,199 | $2,339 | +80% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$146,200 | $18,455 | +87% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,888 | $6,362 | +100% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,709 | $4,287 | +102% |
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.