Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital

1680 East 120th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90059 · (424) 835-6808

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$8what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$10.5Mnet income, all sources

−155.2%margin on patient care alone

$18.3Mcost of charity care (5.0% of costs)

$2.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

152beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	148	$287,652	$25,348
Heart failure, with major complications 291	96	$176,960	$16,999
Sepsis 872	41	$149,138	$14,750
Heart attack, with major complications 280	28	$181,706	$20,354
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	27	$608,604	$57,525
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	26	$146,635	$17,263
Anemia and blood disorders 812	25	$160,377	$13,651
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	22	$192,745	$14,762
Respiratory failure 189	21	$220,223	$20,744
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	21	$196,106	$20,118
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	18	$179,458	$12,944
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	17	$160,079	$14,560
Diabetes, with major complications 637	17	$227,188	$17,550
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	17	$242,350	$19,741
Kidney failure, with complications 683	17	$141,435	$13,144
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	16	$202,123	$17,508
Diabetes, with complications 638	16	$155,899	$13,417
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	13	$154,868	$12,126
Lung infection, with major complications 177	12	$226,175	$21,312
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	12	$226,337	$22,065
Urinary tract infection 690	12	$150,484	$12,344
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 811	12	$173,639	$18,935
Seizures 101	11	$170,641	$13,685
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	11	$127,085	$12,280
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 854	11	$389,734	$26,039

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".