26/100
#2,011 nationally
Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital
1812 Verdugo Blvd, Glendale, CA 91208 · (818) 790-7100
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital billed $6.58 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
- 6.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 69
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #132
- 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 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% 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 |
223 | $124,410 | $18,919 | +91% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
213 | $38,102 | $3,353 | +96% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
124 | $8,839 | $1,993 | -12% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $18,664 | $4,262 | -10% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $85,764 | $15,902 | +37% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
96 | $79,150 | $11,561 | +82% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $53,586 | $11,190 | +20% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $61,450 | $7,857 | +106% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $18,165 | $2,504 | +41% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $91,193 | $12,177 | +96% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$76,418 | $9,165 | +144% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$81,007 | $9,737 | +118% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$65,177 | $7,472 | +113% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$61,450 | $7,857 | +106% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$61,616 | $7,696 | +102% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$81,774 | $10,579 | +101% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,491 | $12,637 | +98% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,102 | $3,353 | +96% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,131 | $3,980 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,839 | $1,993 | -12% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,664 | $4,262 | -10% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$72,986 | $17,866 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,898 | $2,315 | -7% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,436 | $3,493 | -7% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,508 | $6,254 | -3% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,419 | $4,686 | about average |
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.