US Health Care Costs

Adventist Health Delano

1401 Garces Highway, Delano, CA 93215 · (661) 725-4800

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$35what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.6Mnet income, all sources
−16.1%margin on patient care alone
$1.7Mcost of charity care (1.8% of costs)
$1.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
105beds

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

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 87189$42,494$21,435
Heart failure, with major complications 29121$38,679$14,949
Sepsis 87220$23,993$12,400
Pneumonia, with major complications 19319$37,928$15,001
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$55,312$23,149
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64011$23,215$15,836
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