CostGrade

All published prices at Ventura County Medical Center

45 procedures, each showing what the hospital billed, what that care was actually paid for, and how the charge compares with the national middle for the same coded work.

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Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

155 $29,471 $3,344 +52%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

153 $124,027 $22,689 +90%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

89 $141,646 $19,888 +293%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

51 $87,035 $12,667 +122%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

43 $30,463 $7,094 -13%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

41 $6,054 $1,993 -40%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

33 $84,569 $15,022 +95%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

33 $93,453 $22,004 +17%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

31 $71,721 $13,497 +71%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

30 $85,735 $10,829 +188%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

28 $89,267 $15,807 +92%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

28 $19,414 $3,919 about average
Back Problems (without major complications)

MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay

27 $93,968 $12,358 +141%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major

MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay

26 $96,815 $13,231 +197%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay

25 $151,796 $23,854 +82%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

25 $102,297 $14,809 +151%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

24 $256,078 $54,997 +44%
Fainting

MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay

21 $172,228 $24,373 +370%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

21 $57,630 $10,411 +89%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

21 $20,134 $4,286 about average
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

20 $37,282 $8,792 -6%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

19 $50,374 $10,358 +56%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

19 $80,094 $11,662 +163%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

19 $124,755 $20,278 +120%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

16 $87,736 $12,614 +93%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

16 $118,502 $15,732 +144%
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without

MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay

16 $111,662 $11,712 +204%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications

MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay

16 $97,583 $21,109 +49%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications

MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay

15 $140,604 $15,958 +149%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)

MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay

15 $129,132 $21,343 +82%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

15 $125,661 $22,421 +137%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

14 $86,308 $19,158 +57%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

14 $71,136 $14,869 +47%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)

MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay

14 $73,172 $12,577 +77%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay

14 $60,604 $10,168 +87%
Major Chest Trauma with Complications

MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay

14 $98,132 $13,404 +101%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $27,464 $6,362 about average
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

13 $160,498 $23,422 +110%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

13 $46,956 $13,503 -31%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)

MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay

11 $65,089 $12,232 +73%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Complications

MS-DRG 083 · Inpatient stay

11 $157,622 $17,568 +163%
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Complications

MS-DRG 445 · Inpatient stay

11 $71,482 $13,677 +39%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

11 $7,403 $2,233 -37%
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures

APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit

11 $10,645 $3,452 -36%
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit

11 $29,786 $6,115 about average

These figures are averages across this hospital's Medicare patients in the most recent federal data year. They are not a quote and not your bill. For your own case, ask the hospital for a written good-faith estimate and check its published machine-readable price file.