John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
1601 YGNACIO VALLEY RD, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus in Walnut Creek, CA has an average Medicare payment of $20,364 and a Value Score of C (56/100). Compare prices for 11 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
The CMS Hospital Compare program rates John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus at 3 stars, the median bucket on a 1-to-5 scale that aggregates dozens of safety, outcome, and experience measures. 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, John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus runs expensive: average Medicare payment across documented procedures is $20,364, in the upper bracket of U.S. hospitals. John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus's value rating (56/100) reflects solid quality-for-cost performance: not the absolute best on either dimension alone, but a strong combination.
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus is non-profit — a voluntary-association or church-affiliated facility, which is the majority ownership pattern for U.S. acute-care hospitals. 11 distinct procedures are documented in CMS payment files for John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus. Top examples: Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator, Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC, Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours. 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 | $20,563 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $14,891 |
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours DRG 208 · Respiratory | $85,495 |
Transient Ischemia DRG 069 · Neurological | $8,977 |
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC DRG 690 · Renal | $10,017 |
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC DRG 392 · Digestive | $12,781 |
Heart Failure and Shock with CC DRG 292 · Cardiac | $15,366 |
Renal Failure with CC DRG 683 · Renal | $11,969 |
Signs and Symptoms without MCC DRG 948 · Other | $5,554 |
Cellulitis with MCC DRG 603 · Infectious | $14,783 |
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedure with Drug-Eluting Stent DRG 247 · Cardiac | $23,613 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus Compares
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus has an average Medicare payment of $20,364, 5% below the California state average of $21,491. That is 28% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Infectious, where the typical payment is $13,772 (48% above this hospital's average). Its Value Score of C (56/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus Cost & Quality FAQ
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus has an average payment of $20,364 across 11 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus has a CMS star rating of 3 out of 5. Quality measures include mortality rates, safety incidents, and readmission rates from Medicare data.
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus has a Value Score of C (56/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Voluntary non-profit - Other facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 1601 YGNACIO VALLEY RD, Walnut Creek, CA 94598. Phone: (925) 939-3000.
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