Uci Health-Lakewood
3700 SOUTH ST, Lakewood, CA 90712
Uci Health-Lakewood in Lakewood, CA has an average Medicare payment of $19,701 and a Value Score of D (48/100). Compare prices for 9 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About Uci Health-Lakewood
On the CMS Hospital Compare scale, Uci Health-Lakewood earns 2 stars, placing it in the lower half of U.S. acute-care hospitals on the combined safety, mortality, and experience measure set. 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, Uci Health-Lakewood runs expensive: average Medicare payment across documented procedures is $19,701, in the upper bracket of U.S. hospitals. Combined cost-and-quality value comes to 48/100 — a middling result, reflecting either average quality at average cost or trade-offs in one direction.
Uci Health-Lakewood is investor-owned — a proprietary hospital, the minority ownership pattern in U.S. acute care. For-profit hospitals are more concentrated in some regions (Florida, Texas, Nevada) than others. The CMS payment record for Uci Health-Lakewood lists 9 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Syncope and Collapse, Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC, Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure. 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 |
|---|---|
Syncope and Collapse DRG 312 · Neurological | $15,184 |
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC DRG 308 · Cardiac | $17,305 |
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure DRG 189 · Respiratory | $18,898 |
Cesarean Section without CC/MCC DRG 766 · Obstetric | $18,144 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $15,284 |
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $9,623 |
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement DRG 470 · Orthopedic | $46,186 |
Renal Failure with CC DRG 683 · Renal | $13,361 |
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator DRG 871 · Infectious | $23,328 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How Uci Health-Lakewood Compares
Uci Health-Lakewood has an average Medicare payment of $19,701, 8% below the California state average of $21,491. That is 24% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Obstetric, where the typical payment is $7,156 (175% above this hospital's average). Its Value Score of D (48/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
Uci Health-Lakewood Cost & Quality FAQ
Uci Health-Lakewood has an average payment of $19,701 across 9 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
Uci Health-Lakewood has a CMS star rating of 2 out of 5. Quality measures include mortality rates, safety incidents, and readmission rates from Medicare data.
Uci Health-Lakewood has a Value Score of D (48/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Proprietary facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, Uci Health-Lakewood offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 3700 SOUTH ST, Lakewood, CA 90712. Phone: (562) 602-6751.
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