SOUTH BAY FACTS

BIRTHS IN 1986 THROUGH MAY 6:

Hospital Births Cost* Bay Harbor 272 $695 Centinela 417 750 Harbor-UCLA Med. Center 2,177 755 AMI-Hawthorne 403 800 Little Company of Mary 771 850 Memorial of Gardena 369 900 San Pedro 293 699 AMI-South Bay 402 875 Torrance Memorial 692 840

*For a 24-hour stay, no complications, not claimed on insurance. Insurance billings are generally higher because of administrative costs. Source: hospital spokesmen.