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CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA

Los Angeles, CA · CCN 050149 · Rates published

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This hospital’s price: $15,561 across 21 payers · range $1,709-$27,400

Source: https://www.dignityhealth.org/content/dam/dignity-health/documents/mrf-json/southern-california/json/815009488_california-hospital-medical-center_standardcharges.json?target=%22_blank%22 · observed 2026-02-28

This is the facility’s filed rate for this code. The comparison board’s estimate also adds the surgeon and anesthesia fees, so it is usually higher.

15,048 distinct procedures filed
27 distinct payers
922,174 rate rows
2026-02-28 last MRF observed

802,824 of 922,174 rate rows are consumer-grade (87.1%)

119,350 rows are marked excluded from the consumer medians — these stay visible in the raw drill-down with the same reason shown here, so nothing is silently hidden.

Excluded — reasonRows
no usable negotiated amount (only an out-of-band fallback) — excluded from medians 73,090
per-diem day rate — not a per-procedure price 17,334
percent-of-billed methodology on a DRG bundle — not comparable to case rates; shown as context only 16,948
template filing: same amount across many unrelated codes — excluded 10,562
exceeds 10× this hospital's gross charge — excluded from medians 1,094
below 25% of the Medicare reference for this code — likely a mislabeled per-diem or placeholder; excluded from medians 246
placeholder amount (≤ $0.02) — excluded from medians 70
below 25% of the Medicare reference for this DRG — likely a mislabeled per-diem; excluded from rankings 6
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Top 50 most expensive offerings

Outliers are flagged where this hospital's filed rate is ≥2× or ≤0.5× the national median for the same code.

Code Description Payers Min $ Max $ Avg median vs national
5834
APR_DRG
Neonate With Ecmo 14 $272,497.00 $836,097.00 $490,494.00 nat. median
$311,018

1.6× median
18
MS_DRG
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (car) T-cell And Other Immunotherapies 16 $8,363.00 $477,469.10 $415,190.52 nat. median
$370,165

1.1× median
5884
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight < 1500 Grams With Major Procedure 14 $207,873.90 $623,620.50 $374,172.30 nat. median
$254,667

1.5× median
5833
APR_DRG
Neonate With Ecmo 14 $215,822.00 $505,647.00 $337,098.00 nat. median
$250,089

1.3× median
1
MS_DRG
Heart Transplant Or Implant Of Heart Assist System With Mcc 16 $14,265.00 $357,504.82 $310,873.75 nat. median
$261,939

1.2× median
927
MS_DRG
Extensive Burns Or Full Thickness Burns With Mv >96 Hours With Skin Graft 16 $14,265.00 $301,629.57 $262,286.58 nat. median
$205,166

1.3× median
6304
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight > 2499 Grams With Major Cardiovascular Procedure 14 $141,291.00 $423,873.00 $254,323.80 nat. median
$160,171

1.6× median
5934
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 750-999 Grams Without Major Procedure 14 $136,654.20 $409,962.00 $245,977.20 nat. median
$156,285

1.6× median
5914
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 500-749 Grams Without Major Procedure 14 $135,290.70 $405,873.00 $243,523.80 nat. median
$168,361

1.4× median
6314
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight > 2499 Grams With Other Major Procedure 14 $132,909.30 $398,727.00 $239,236.20 nat. median
$147,677

1.6× median
3
MS_DRG
Ecmo Or Tracheostomy With Mv >96 Hours Or Principal Diagnosis Except Face Mouth… 20 $14,265.00 $272,831.61 $237,244.87 nat. median
$199,832

1.2× median
6094
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 1500-2499 Grams With Major Procedure 14 $131,389.20 $394,168.50 $236,501.10 nat. median
$168,174

1.4× median
1614
APR_DRG
Implantable Heart Assist Systems 14 $191,734.20 $366,425.36 $213,038.00 nat. median
$209,486

1.0× median
5832
APR_DRG
Neonate With Ecmo 14 $152,307.00 $317,307.00 $211,538.00 nat. median
$169,230

1.3× median
24
APR_DRG
Heart And/or Lung Transplant 14 $185,748.30 $354,985.64 $206,387.00 nat. median
$243,231

0.8× median
5883
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight < 1500 Grams With Major Procedure 14 $133,324.20 $277,759.50 $185,173.00 nat. median
$180,995

1.0× median
6034
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 1000-1249 Grams With Or Without Significant Condition 14 $102,510.00 $307,531.50 $184,518.90 nat. median
$109,499

1.7× median
5882
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight < 1500 Grams With Major Procedure 14 $129,779.10 $270,372.00 $180,248.00 nat. median
$147,847

1.2× median
6024
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 1000-1249 Grams With Respiratory Distress Syndrome Or Other… 14 $98,607.60 $295,821.00 $177,492.60 nat. median
$123,690

1.4× median
5831
APR_DRG
Neonate With Ecmo 14 $123,340.50 $256,960.50 $171,307.00 nat. median
$154,685

1.1× median
1613
APR_DRG
Implantable Heart Assist Systems 14 $145,289.70 $277,664.76 $161,433.00 nat. median
$127,938

1.3× median
4
MS_DRG
Tracheostomy With Mv >96 Hours Or Principal Diagnosis Except Face Mouth And Neck… 20 $14,265.00 $181,058.20 $157,441.91 nat. median
$132,706

1.2× median
8414
APR_DRG
Extensive Third Degree Burns With Skin Graft 14 $137,707.20 $263,173.76 $153,008.00 nat. median
$165,646

0.9× median
14
MS_DRG
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant 16 $8,363.00 $168,134.81 $146,204.18 nat. median
$114,305

1.3× median
7
MS_DRG
Lung Transplant 20 $14,265.00 $167,720.03 $145,843.50 nat. median
$122,690

1.2× median
6074
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 1250-1499 Grams With Respiratory Distress Syndrome Or Other… 14 $76,653.00 $229,957.50 $137,974.50 nat. median
$99,613

1.4× median
94
APR_DRG
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ecmo) 14 $123,761.70 $236,522.36 $137,513.00 nat. median
$165,599

0.8× median
44
APR_DRG
Tracheostomy With Mv >96 Hours With Extensive Procedure 14 $121,472.10 $232,146.68 $134,969.00 nat. median
$127,600

1.1× median
74
APR_DRG
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant 14 $120,253.50 $229,817.80 $133,615.00 nat. median
$175,480

0.8× median
23
APR_DRG
Heart And/or Lung Transplant 14 $117,560.70 $224,671.56 $130,623.00 nat. median
$116,111

1.1× median
14
APR_DRG
Liver Transplant And/or Intestinal Transplant 14 $116,581.50 $222,800.20 $129,535.00 nat. median
$137,901

0.9× median
1612
APR_DRG
Implantable Heart Assist Systems 14 $116,514.00 $222,671.20 $129,460.00 nat. median
$93,192

1.4× median
5933
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 750-999 Grams Without Major Procedure 14 $92,044.80 $191,760.00 $127,840.00 nat. median
$112,711

1.1× median
2
MS_DRG
Heart Transplant Or Implant Of Heart Assist System Without Mcc 20 $14,265.00 $141,965.01 $123,447.83 nat. median
$108,240

1.1× median
1611
APR_DRG
Implantable Heart Assist Systems 14 $110,821.50 $211,792.20 $123,135.00 nat. median
$82,164

1.5× median
5913
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 500-749 Grams Without Major Procedure 14 $82,471.00 $184,531.50 $123,021.00 nat. median
$108,751

1.1× median
212
MS_DRG
Concomitant Aortic And Mitral Valve Procedures 20 $14,265.00 $140,383.84 $122,072.90 nat. median
$100,978

1.2× median
5881
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight < 1500 Grams With Major Procedure 14 $86,317.20 $179,827.50 $119,885.00 nat. median
$120,928

1.0× median
5
MS_DRG
Liver Transplant With Mcc Or Intestinal Transplant 20 $14,265.00 $137,310.73 $119,400.63 nat. median
$99,646

1.2× median
215
MS_DRG
Other Heart Assist System Implant 20 $14,265.00 $136,624.47 $118,803.88 nat. median
$98,002

1.2× median
426
MS_DRG
Multiple Level Combined Anterior And Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical Wit… 20 $13,997.00 $135,123.73 $117,498.89 nat. median
$96,835

1.2× median
216
MS_DRG
Cardiac Valve And Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures With Cardiac Catheteriza… 20 $14,265.00 $124,763.15 $108,489.69 nat. median
$92,900

1.2× median
8634
APR_DRG
Neonatal Aftercare 14 $59,794.00 $183,175.50 $107,630.00 nat. median
$72,289

1.5× median
6303
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight > 2499 Grams With Major Cardiovascular Procedure 14 $76,536.90 $159,453.00 $106,302.00 nat. median
$80,447

1.3× median
6114
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 1500-1999 Grams With Major Anomaly 14 $58,136.40 $174,409.50 $104,645.70 nat. median
$79,344

1.3× median
850
MS_DRG
Acute Leukemia With Other Procedures 20 $14,265.00 $119,242.87 $103,689.45 nat. median
$81,364

1.3× median
6023
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 1000-1249 Grams With Respiratory Distress Syndrome Or Other… 14 $74,490.30 $155,188.50 $103,459.00 nat. median
$92,000

1.1× median
64
APR_DRG
Pancreas Transplant 14 $92,888.10 $177,519.48 $103,209.00 nat. median
$92,994

1.1× median
6124
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 1500-1999 Grams With Respiratory Distress Syndrome Or Other… 14 $55,881.00 $167,643.00 $100,585.80 nat. median
$69,517

1.4× median
5932
APR_DRG
Neonate Birth Weight 750-999 Grams Without Major Procedure 14 $71,568.00 $149,098.50 $99,399.00 nat. median
$89,063

1.1× median

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