John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus charges 10.5x the Medicare reimbursement rate across 147 analyzed procedures, with 90% showing significant price variations in this California healthcare facility.
Walnut Creek, CA 94598 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 3/5
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David Park researches procedure pricing and insurance reimbursement patterns at BillRazor Research. He specializes in cost comparison across care settings and metropolitan areas. Expertise: procedure pricing, insurance reimbursement, cost comparison.
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Pricing grade
F
Very high
Avg markup vs Medicare
10.46x
Charge / Medicare rate
Max markup
15.57x
Worst procedure
Procedures analyzed
147
With pricing data
Outlier procedures
89.8%
Above 90th percentile
Pricing grades reflect how this hospital's chargemaster (list) rates compare to Medicare reimbursement benchmarks within the same state. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care, patient outcomes, or clinical performance. A lower grade does not mean a hospital provides inferior care. Based on publicly available federal data. Not endorsed by or affiliated with any government agency.
| Procedure | Code | Gross charge | Cash price | Medicare | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC | 743 | $158,885 | $79,442 | — | 15.6x |
| NONSPECIFIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH MCC | 070 | $247,198 | $123,599 | — | 15.6x |
| CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC | 310 | $64,973 | $32,487 | — | 15.6x |
| OTHER SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST PROCEDURES WITH CC | 580 | $239,076 | $119,538 | — | 14.1x |
| DISORDERS OF PANCREAS EXCEPT MALIGNANCY WITH CC | 439 | $110,308 | $55,154 | — | 14.1x |
| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITHOUT CC/MCC | 419 | $163,862 | $81,931 | — | 14x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 065 | $125,232 | $62,616 | — | 13.8x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 066 | $81,321 | $40,661 | — | 13.8x |
| ISCHEMIC STROKE, PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITH THROMBOLYTIC AGENT WIT | 062 | $261,056 | $130,528 | — | 13.6x |
| CHEMOTHERAPY WITHOUT ACUTE LEUKEMIA AS SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS WITH CC | 847 | $171,190 | $85,595 | — | 13.5x |
| SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC | 948 | $93,142 | $46,571 | — | 13.5x |
| FRACTURES OF HIP AND PELVIS WITH MCC | 535 | $175,378 | $87,689 | — | 13.3x |
| BACK AND NECK PROCEDURES EXCEPT SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 520 | $179,667 | $89,833 | — | 13.3x |
| SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 312 | $106,160 | $53,080 | — | 13.2x |
| PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 189 | $153,199 | $76,599 | — | 13.2x |
| FRACTURE, SPRAIN, STRAIN AND DISLOCATION EXCEPT FEMUR, HIP, PELVIS AND THIGH WITHOUT MCC | 563 | $85,927 | $42,964 | — | 13.1x |
| NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS WITH MCC | 054 | $262,896 | $131,448 | — | 13.1x |
| OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH CC | 092 | $121,443 | $60,721 | — | 12.8x |
| CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 309 | $85,633 | $42,817 | — | 12.7x |
| CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH CC | 191 | $97,509 | $48,754 | — | 12.7x |
| LYMPHOMA AND NON-ACUTE LEUKEMIA WITH CC | 841 | $187,235 | $93,618 | — | 12.4x |
| DIABETES WITH MCC | 637 | $177,860 | $88,930 | — | 12.3x |
| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC | 281 | $99,715 | $49,857 | — | 12.2x |
| ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 392 | $89,779 | $44,889 | — | 12.1x |
| OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 517 | $165,990 | $82,995 | — | 12.1x |
| BACK AND NECK PROCEDURES EXCEPT SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 519 | $246,355 | $123,177 | — | 12x |
| TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC | 069 | $86,618 | $43,309 | — | 11.9x |
| OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH MCC | 091 | $180,252 | $90,126 | — | 11.8x |
| MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 640 | $177,973 | $88,986 | — | 11.8x |
| ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITH MCC | 391 | $158,650 | $79,325 | — | 11.7x |
| MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 641 | $89,016 | $44,508 | — | 11.7x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 331 | $197,869 | $98,935 | — | 11.7x |
| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 280 | $185,395 | $92,698 | — | 11.7x |
| INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC | 854 | $238,521 | $119,260 | — | 11.6x |
| SEIZURES WITHOUT MCC | 101 | $97,220 | $48,610 | — | 11.6x |
| SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 193 | $144,166 | $72,083 | — | 11.6x |
| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH CC | 418 | $183,727 | $91,863 | — | 11.6x |
| CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 026 | $460,506 | $230,253 | — | 11.6x |
| OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH CC | 394 | $98,383 | $49,191 | — | 11.5x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 330 | $262,374 | $131,187 | — | 11.5x |
| POSTOPERATIVE AND POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 863 | $110,839 | $55,420 | — | 11.4x |
| KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 690 | $81,127 | $40,563 | — | 11.3x |
| MALIGNANCY OF HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM OR PANCREAS WITH MCC | 435 | $206,119 | $103,059 | — | 11.3x |
| CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 190 | $111,897 | $55,949 | — | 11.3x |
| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH MCC | 417 | $279,419 | $139,709 | — | 11.3x |
| OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS | 951 | $59,588 | $29,794 | — | 11.2x |
| GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 390 | $53,572 | $26,786 | — | 11.2x |
| OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 698 | $194,788 | $97,394 | — | 11.2x |
| PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITHOUT MCC | 176 | $85,023 | $42,512 | — | 11.1x |
| CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 074 | $110,028 | $55,014 | — | 11x |
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Methodology: Hospital gross charges divided by Medicare payment for the same DRG. A ratio of 3.0x means the hospital's listed price is 3 times what Medicare pays. Chargemaster rates are list prices — they are not what most insured patients pay. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care or clinical performance.
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