56/100
#1,091 nationally
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
15107 Vanowen St, Van Nuys, CA 91405 · (818) 782-6600
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Valley Presbyterian Hospital billed $3.74 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 51
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #17
- 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 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% 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 |
282 | $88,719 | $23,207 | +36% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $18,774 | $3,347 | -3% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
109 | $54,982 | $14,957 | +27% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $36,733 | $8,792 | -8% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $42,936 | $11,127 | +9% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $231,206 | $81,037 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $9,034 | $1,949 | -10% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $52,508 | $14,541 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $19,858 | $3,816 | +4% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $184,061 | $59,729 | +3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$112,163 | $21,553 | +75% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$64,462 | $12,292 | +54% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$66,657 | $13,707 | +38% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$88,719 | $23,207 | +36% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$51,677 | $10,545 | +33% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,327 | $16,148 | +32% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$92,587 | $20,004 | +30% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$54,982 | $14,957 | +27% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,371 | $8,018 | -51% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,148 | $7,094 | -40% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,809 | $4,013 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,117 | $7,027 | -30% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$21,789 | $8,661 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,746 | $4,254 | -28% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$28,888 | $9,545 | -21% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$35,510 | $10,279 | -19% |
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.