California / Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center
CMS certification 050230 · Garden Grove, CA · 1 entry in CMS's price-transparency list
Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center: charges and Medicare payments
Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center reported 736 Medicare inpatient stays across 22 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 4.16 times what it was paid — among the lower ratios in California, number 172 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: 248 stays at an average charge of $89,487, 1% below the national average.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 736
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 4.16×
- 3Rank in CA (highest ratio = 1) 172 of 247
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 1
Inpatient stays
For the 22 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center charged more than the national average in 6 (27%). 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 | 248 | $89,487 | -1% | $20,128 |
| 640 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and... | 57 | $53,980 | -10% | $13,566 |
| 177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC | 53 | $95,945 | +36% | $17,233 |
| 682 Renal Failure with MCC | 40 | $57,034 | -14% | $15,272 |
| 641 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and... | 34 | $37,233 | 0% | $8,302 |
| 870 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with MV >96 Hours | 32 | $217,634 | -33% | $62,624 |
| 291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC | 30 | $44,419 | -21% | $13,386 |
| 683 Renal Failure with CC | 25 | $46,708 | +15% | $9,472 |
| 193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC | 24 | $62,906 | +5% | $13,819 |
| 872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without MCC | 22 | $42,867 | -13% | $10,825 |
| 377 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with MCC | 21 | $65,056 | -24% | $17,119 |
| 637 Diabetes with MCC | 18 | $42,316 | -36% | $15,698 |
| 690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC | 18 | $28,126 | -26% | $8,548 |
| 698 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with MCC | 14 | $93,851 | +28% | $17,066 |
| 071 Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with CC | 13 | $43,058 | -15% | $11,039 |
| 074 Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without MCC | 13 | $54,516 | +2% | $10,871 |
| 189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure | 13 | $51,740 | -10% | $12,928 |
| 392 Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive... | 13 | $36,973 | -8% | $8,349 |
| 853 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedures with... | 13 | $128,144 | -44% | $43,493 |
| 206 Other Respiratory System Diagnoses without MCC | 12 | $29,350 | -40% | $10,264 |
| 312 Syncope and Collapse | 12 | $45,505 | 0% | $9,159 |
| 194 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with CC | 11 | $43,508 | +13% | $8,705 |
Against the California average
For Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC (DRG 871), Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center charged $89,487 on average, 37% less than the California average of $143,063, and was paid $20,128 against a state average of $23,020. For Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and Electrolytes with MCC (DRG 640), Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center charged $53,980 on average, 39% less than the California average of $88,573, and was paid $13,566 against a state average of $15,580. For Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC (DRG 177), Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center charged $95,945 on average, 23% less than the California average of $124,302, and was paid $17,233 against a state average of $18,986. For Renal Failure with MCC (DRG 682), Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center charged $57,034 on average, 44% less than the California average of $102,671, and was paid $15,272 against a state average of $17,275.
Price-transparency record
CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center in Garden Grove, CA, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:
- Met Requirements — 2025-04-16 (CMS case 3614)
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.