Hospital observation (per hour)
Facility: Eisenhower Medical Center
Billing Code: G0378 (HCPCS)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $84 compared to the $110 fair price benchmark.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.76× fair market pricing.
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Other Procedures at Eisenhower Medical Center
Compare: Hospital observation (per hour) at other CA hospitals
- Kern Medical Center · Bakersfield $14
- Tri-City Medical Center · Oceanside $33
- Oroville Hospital · Oroville $34
- Huntington Hospital · Pasadena $36
- Saint John's Health Center · Santa Monica $45
- John C Fremont Healthcare District · Mariposa $53
- Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr · San Diego $58
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr · San Francisco $58
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
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Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $93
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $93).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($84) Beats Your Bill
Eisenhower Medical Center's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $84 (vs. $126 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $110 Fair BaseRate ($64 Medicare)
Your bill ($256) is $146 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($110) and 4.0× the $64 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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