US Health Care Costs

Sky Lakes Medical Center

2865 Daggett Avenue, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 · (541) 882-6311

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

The money

$30what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$12.5Mnet income, all sources
−15.2%margin on patient care alone
$11.8Mcost of charity care (4.9% of costs)
$2.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
90beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024. 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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871142$58,821$22,620
Pneumonia, with major complications 19376$33,970$15,220
Heart failure, with major complications 29163$40,680$15,072
COPD, with major complications 19050$34,197$12,991
Heart attack, with major complications 28042$42,472$18,101
Lung infection, with major complications 17739$48,428$19,103
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64030$44,541$15,747
Heart stent 32226$93,722$20,428
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37825$28,028$11,428
Sepsis 87225$50,385$13,168
Kidney failure, with major complications 68224$42,085$16,773
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06523$37,754$12,154
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30822$35,792$13,358
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37720$45,934$20,331
Hip or knee replacement 47019$71,871$21,325
Kidney failure, with complications 68318$27,742$10,607
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85318$124,603$55,121
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48117$71,948$23,238
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30916$24,536$8,961
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48016$86,409$32,531
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64116$42,625$9,710
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68916$39,382$14,524
Stroke, with major complications 06415$60,867$23,316
Heart attack, with complications 28115$30,873$10,724
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$27,160$9,529
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69815$31,035$18,578
Heart catheterization 28714$42,048$12,555
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28613$60,992$23,636
Back problems (no surgery) 55213$28,423$11,441
Urinary tract infection 69013$35,179$10,162
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Mcc 91713$39,663$18,120
Coagulation Disorders 81312$98,636$17,645
Irregular heartbeat 31011$20,756$6,918
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32111$116,752$31,298
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38911$31,055$9,755
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39111$29,732$14,744

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