4/100
#2,555 nationally
Uci Health - Los Alamitos
3751 Katella Avenue, Los Alamitos, CA 90720 · (562) 799-3220
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Uci Health - Los Alamitos billed $13.36 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
- 13.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 77
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #220
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 1% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% 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 |
209 | $253,101 | $18,518 | +288% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
185 | $60,918 | $3,351 | +213% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $22,367 | $1,970 | +122% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
103 | $165,329 | $12,445 | +281% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $77,852 | $6,362 | +183% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $59,209 | $4,999 | +186% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $201,223 | $15,550 | +266% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $177,989 | $15,971 | +185% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $80,367 | $4,166 | +246% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $65,439 | $4,231 | +217% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$144,509 | $9,222 | +355% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$208,478 | $12,443 | +348% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$181,214 | $10,419 | +333% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$156,609 | $9,860 | +315% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$217,159 | $14,149 | +310% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$132,490 | $8,388 | +302% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$721,557 | $49,614 | +302% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$225,204 | $17,313 | +296% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,595 | $1,969 | +59% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$101,738 | $12,637 | +70% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$178,721 | $21,503 | +87% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,203 | $2,340 | +97% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$88,377 | $8,632 | +117% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$139,331 | $15,266 | +117% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,367 | $1,970 | +122% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$107,795 | $12,861 | +125% |
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.