CostGrade

Hospitals With the Smallest Gap Between Charges and Payments in California

Ranked by how much a hospital bills in list charges for every dollar of care actually paid for, across 233 graded hospitals in California. Only hospitals with at least ten priced procedures appear, so a single unusual case cannot put a hospital at either end.

This is not a ranking of cheap care. A low markup means a hospital's list prices sit close to what its care is actually paid for. It does not mean your treatment there will cost less than somewhere else — that depends on your insurance and your case.

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    F

    Garfield Medical Center

    Monterey Park, CA

    8.9x — bills about $8.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    43 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Proprietary
  4. 204
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    F

    Palomar Medical Center Poway

    Poway, CA

    9.6x — bills about $9.65 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    50 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  8. 208
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    F

    Marinhealth Medical Center

    Greenbrae, CA

    9.8x — bills about $9.83 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    136 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  10. 210
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    F

    Palomar Health Downtown Campus

    Escondido, CA

    10.4x — bills about $10.38 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    104 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
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    F

    Northbay Medical Center

    Fairfield, CA

    11.3x — bills about $11.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    101 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  17. 217
    F

    Dameron Hospital

    Stockton, CA

    11.5x — bills about $11.51 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    24 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  18. 218
    F

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    11.6x — bills about $11.56 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    325 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  19. 219
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    F

    Uci Health-Lakewood

    Lakewood, CA

    12.1x — bills about $12.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    59 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Proprietary
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    F

    Emanuel Medical Center

    Turlock, CA

    13.5x — bills about $13.45 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    68 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Proprietary
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    Doctors Medical Center

    Modesto, CA

    16.0x — bills about $15.98 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    117 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Proprietary