Children's Hospital At Mission
27700 MEDICAL CENTER RD, 5TH FLOOR, Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Children's Hospital At Mission in Mission Viejo, CA has an average Medicare payment of $18,637 and a Value Score of C (52/100). Compare prices for 18 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About Children's Hospital At Mission
Children's Hospital At Mission does not carry an overall CMS Hospital Compare star rating — typically because the hospital is too small, too specialized, or reports too few of the underlying measures to compute the composite. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.
On payment metrics, Children's Hospital At Mission runs expensive: average Medicare payment across documented procedures is $18,637, in the upper bracket of U.S. hospitals. Combined cost-and-quality value comes to 52/100 — a middling result, reflecting either average quality at average cost or trade-offs in one direction.
Children's Hospital At Mission is non-profit — a voluntary-association or church-affiliated facility, which is the majority ownership pattern for U.S. acute-care hospitals. The CMS payment record for Children's Hospital At Mission lists 18 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator, Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC. Emergency services are available, which is the norm for acute-care hospitals and a meaningful factor for any patient choosing a facility for unplanned care.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator DRG 871 · Infectious | $22,740 |
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement DRG 470 · Orthopedic | $24,537 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $17,030 |
Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC DRG 473 · Orthopedic | $25,024 |
Spinal Fusion (Non-Cervical) with MCC DRG 460 · Orthopedic | $43,625 |
Transient Ischemia DRG 069 · Neurological | $9,664 |
Heart Failure and Shock with CC DRG 292 · Cardiac | $12,692 |
Cellulitis with MCC DRG 603 · Infectious | $18,689 |
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure DRG 189 · Respiratory | $15,332 |
Signs and Symptoms without MCC DRG 948 · Other | $8,840 |
Heart Failure and Shock with MCC DRG 291 · Cardiac | $18,486 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with CC DRG 194 · Respiratory | $14,586 |
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC DRG 065 · Neurological | $20,797 |
GI Hemorrhage with MCC DRG 378 · Digestive | $19,540 |
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $6,852 |
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC DRG 480 · Orthopedic | $26,875 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC DRG 193 · Respiratory | $17,686 |
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC DRG 690 · Renal | $12,469 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How Children's Hospital At Mission Compares
Children's Hospital At Mission has an average Medicare payment of $18,637, 13% below the California state average of $21,491. That is 17% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Orthopedic, where the typical payment is $26,891 (31% below this hospital's average). Its Value Score of C (52/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
Children's Hospital At Mission Cost & Quality FAQ
Children's Hospital At Mission has an average payment of $18,637 across 18 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
Children's Hospital At Mission does not currently have a CMS star rating on file. Quality measures may still be available for individual metrics like mortality and readmission rates.
Children's Hospital At Mission has a Value Score of C (52/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Voluntary non-profit - Private facilities like this one are childrens.
Yes, Children's Hospital At Mission offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 27700 MEDICAL CENTER RD, 5TH FLOOR, Mission Viejo, CA 92691. Phone: (949) 365-2408.
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