California / Chino Valley Medical Center
CMS certification 050586 · Chino, CA · 1 entry in CMS's price-transparency list
Chino Valley Medical Center: charges and Medicare payments
Chino Valley Medical Center reported 493 Medicare inpatient stays across 19 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 3.79 times what it was paid — among the lower ratios in California, number 191 of 247 hospitals with at least 100 stays (state median 5.18×, national 4.15×). Its most frequent stay was DRG 871, Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC: 162 stays at an average charge of $86,268, 4% below the national average.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 493
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 3.79×
- 3Rank in CA (highest ratio = 1) 191 of 247
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 1
Inpatient stays
For the 19 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Chino Valley Medical Center charged more than the national average in 3 (16%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.
| DRG | Stays | Avg charge | vs US | Avg paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC | 162 | $86,268 | -4% | $20,723 |
| 640 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and... | 40 | $46,169 | -23% | $14,214 |
| 291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC | 31 | $46,645 | -17% | $15,046 |
| 641 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and... | 26 | $42,567 | +15% | $9,394 |
| 177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC | 24 | $80,917 | +15% | $18,879 |
| 280 Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with MCC | 19 | $68,109 | -10% | $17,832 |
| 682 Renal Failure with MCC | 19 | $49,060 | -26% | $16,119 |
| 690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC | 18 | $34,169 | -10% | $9,602 |
| 392 Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive... | 17 | $33,770 | -16% | $9,357 |
| 689 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with MCC | 17 | $45,205 | -12% | $12,808 |
| 853 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedures with... | 16 | $151,856 | -34% | $42,469 |
| 391 Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive... | 15 | $43,495 | -29% | $14,705 |
| 872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without MCC | 15 | $48,079 | -2% | $12,091 |
| 074 Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without MCC | 14 | $41,728 | -22% | $12,647 |
| 206 Other Respiratory System Diagnoses without MCC | 13 | $32,148 | -35% | $10,736 |
| 637 Diabetes with MCC | 13 | $48,085 | -28% | $16,216 |
| 189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure | 12 | $40,235 | -30% | $14,069 |
| 432 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with MCC | 11 | $56,366 | -41% | $19,786 |
| 480 Hip and Femur Procedures except Major Joint with MCC | 11 | $146,097 | +5% | $29,387 |
Against the California average
For Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC (DRG 871), Chino Valley Medical Center charged $86,268 on average, 40% less than the California average of $143,063, and was paid $20,723 against a state average of $23,020. For Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and Electrolytes with MCC (DRG 640), Chino Valley Medical Center charged $46,169 on average, 48% less than the California average of $88,573, and was paid $14,214 against a state average of $15,580. For Heart Failure and Shock with MCC (DRG 291), Chino Valley Medical Center charged $46,645 on average, 54% less than the California average of $100,739, and was paid $15,046 against a state average of $15,556. For Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and Electrolytes without MCC (DRG 641), Chino Valley Medical Center charged $42,567 on average, 30% less than the California average of $60,462, and was paid $9,394 against a state average of $9,715.
Price-transparency record
CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Chino Valley Medical Center in Chino, CA, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:
- Met Requirements — 2025-07-21 (CMS case 5889)
A warning notice or corrective-action request is not a finding of wrongdoing; "Met Requirements" and closure notices record that CMS's review ended. Matched to this hospital by exact name, city and state.
Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.
Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.