19/100
#2,200 nationally
University Of California Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817 · (916) 734-2011
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of California Davis Medical Center billed $5.96 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
- 6.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 257
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #170
- 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 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% 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 |
933 | $5,060 | $844 | +61% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
896 | $27,697 | $2,895 | +136% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
895 | $50,849 | $3,404 | +162% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
677 | $11,344 | $1,998 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
667 | $14,300 | $2,362 | +11% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
523 | $186,009 | $34,954 | +185% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
495 | $13,763 | $2,384 | +21% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
430 | $33,481 | $4,062 | +33% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
423 | $25,424 | $3,516 | +44% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
382 | $27,200 | $3,889 | +42% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$213,641 | $79,073 | +492% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence, Left Ama
MS-DRG 894 · Inpatient stay |
$69,840 | $8,984 | +399% |
|
O.r. Procedures for Obesity with Complications
MS-DRG 620 · Inpatient stay |
$280,953 | $22,956 | +315% |
|
Other Respiratory System Operating Room Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 166 · Inpatient stay |
$590,702 | $92,120 | +306% |
|
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Operating Room Procedures with Major
MS-DRG 515 · Inpatient stay |
$471,614 | $66,687 | +299% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$288,018 | $62,651 | +285% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$435,455 | $61,956 | +284% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Major Complications
MS-DRG 907 · Inpatient stay |
$652,473 | $102,024 | +278% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5461 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,043 | $3,534 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,315 | $40,874 | -20% |
|
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (car) T-cell and Other Immunotherapies
MS-DRG 018 · Inpatient stay |
$1,684,784 | $499,680 | -15% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$70,868 | $27,189 | -12% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$102,622 | $38,582 | -9% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$113,835 | $44,615 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,610 | $13,095 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,287 | $8,523 | -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.