38/100
#1,666 nationally
Uci Health-Orange
101 City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868 · (714) 456-7890
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Uci Health-Orange billed $4.54 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
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 180
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #75
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% 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 |
1,628 | $19,830 | $2,858 | +69% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
815 | $1,847 | $803 | -41% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
800 | $30,308 | $3,352 | +56% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
661 | $13,241 | $2,329 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
534 | $12,697 | $2,396 | about average |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
466 | $14,196 | $2,863 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
427 | $15,624 | $1,939 | +55% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
427 | $6,903 | $1,829 | -39% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
423 | $131,659 | $31,746 | +102% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
420 | $26,967 | $4,953 | +30% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$259,690 | $50,984 | +195% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$187,508 | $22,831 | +176% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay |
$298,448 | $48,548 | +166% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$454,389 | $103,147 | +155% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$139,634 | $27,420 | +151% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$94,529 | $15,322 | +142% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$235,764 | $48,014 | +140% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$94,476 | $18,737 | +132% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,631 | $1,700 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,847 | $803 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,903 | $1,829 | -39% |
|
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a
MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay |
$138,126 | $74,623 | -26% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,206 | $7,655 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,636 | $1,604 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,955 | $10,436 | -24% |
|
Cochlear Implant Procedure
APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$97,812 | $41,094 | -20% |
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.