US Health Care Costs

Adventist Health Castle

640 Ulukahiki St, Kailua, HI 96734 · (808) 263-5015

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

The money

$29what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$6.5Mnet income, all sources
−10.4%margin on patient care alone
$3.2Mcost of charity care (1.6% of costs)
$4.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
142beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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 871145$50,846$19,327
Psychoses 88580$31,216$13,913
Lung infection, with major complications 17761$48,899$16,444
Heart attack, with major complications 28051$56,648$17,297
Heart failure, with major complications 29142$31,390$13,715
Sepsis 87232$31,714$11,751
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85329$128,619$42,613
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48126$56,955$21,003
Pneumonia, with major complications 19325$42,071$13,004
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37824$39,468$10,708
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64023$27,735$12,807
Heart attack, with complications 28121$36,093$8,960
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37721$60,198$17,451
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06519$39,546$11,223
Stroke, with major complications 06417$52,014$18,531
Respiratory failure 18917$37,109$14,216
Kidney failure, with complications 68317$32,988$10,729
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38916$27,828$8,481
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52216$64,644$20,519
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60316$28,882$10,252
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders Without Mcc 07415$25,987$10,225
Stomach and digestive disorders 39213$28,666$8,222
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64113$25,785$7,842
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69813$35,666$15,644
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$54,168$14,465
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32911$129,453$48,517

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".