US Health Care Costs

Adventist Health Tulare

869 North Cherry Street, Tulare, CA 93274 · (559) 688-0821

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

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$21.9Mnet income, all sources
−38.8%margin on patient care alone
$2.9Mcost of charity care (3.4% of costs)
$4.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
73beds

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 87198$71,440$18,960
Heart failure, with major complications 29129$67,724$14,858
Pneumonia, with major complications 19324$49,353$12,703
Sepsis 87219$38,854$10,961
Respiratory failure 18917$68,325$13,345
Lung infection, with major complications 17715$89,798$16,692
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06913$49,433$9,027
Heart attack, with major complications 28012$44,594$13,921
Kidney failure, with complications 68312$36,898$9,924
Diabetes, with major complications 63711$57,696$14,834
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".