55/100
#1,120 nationally
Usc Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital
1441 Eastlake Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Usc Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital billed $4.22 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
- 4.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 20
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #18
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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.
Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% 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 |
1,629 | $3,409 | $838 | +9% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
887 | $10,585 | $2,486 | -18% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
181 | $18,257 | $4,269 | -12% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
174 | $26,943 | $6,343 | about average |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $24,241 | $3,433 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $10,294 | $1,993 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $19,856 | $3,885 | +4% |
|
Level 8 Urology and Related Services
APC 5378 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $78,585 | $24,553 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $13,964 | $1,941 | +63% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $41,503 | $11,313 | -7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,964 | $1,941 | +63% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,690 | $8,096 | +59% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,241 | $3,433 | +37% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$151,592 | $38,054 | +34% |
|
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,279 | $9,285 | +21% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,333 | $3,365 | +20% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,191 | $6,115 | +11% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,409 | $838 | +9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,511 | $9,568 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,168 | $3,453 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,585 | $2,486 | -18% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,044 | $26,818 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,187 | $13,503 | -15% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,257 | $4,269 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5461 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,280 | $4,183 | -11% |
|
Level 8 Urology and Related Services
APC 5378 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$78,585 | $24,553 | -9% |
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.