52/100
#1,212 nationally
West Anaheim Medical Center
3033 W Orange Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92804 · (714) 827-3000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, West Anaheim Medical Center billed $3.61 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 50
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #23
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 59% of U.S. hospitals.
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 46% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
442 | $75,389 | $21,125 | +16% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
106 | $33,034 | $8,621 | +8% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
105 | $228,419 | $68,756 | -15% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
93 | $54,044 | $14,234 | +16% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $48,602 | $13,886 | +12% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $39,710 | $14,162 | -18% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $39,575 | $11,320 | about average |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $32,168 | $9,009 | +8% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $65,639 | $17,719 | +19% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $71,725 | $17,653 | +26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$96,121 | $18,036 | +57% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$130,202 | $22,015 | +56% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$120,632 | $21,405 | +54% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$255,687 | $49,899 | +44% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$190,026 | $30,629 | +32% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$149,744 | $27,960 | +27% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$71,725 | $17,653 | +26% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$50,887 | $10,115 | +25% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay |
$39,249 | $19,347 | -49% |
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses without Major Complications
MS-DRG 206 · Inpatient stay |
$26,765 | $10,026 | -42% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$30,886 | $11,291 | -35% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours
MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay |
$168,311 | $62,402 | -34% |
|
Major Esophageal Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 368 · Inpatient stay |
$51,880 | $17,889 | -34% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$30,703 | $11,642 | -31% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$31,473 | $11,028 | -30% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$55,721 | $20,810 | -27% |
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.