US Health Care Costs

Ahmc Seton Medical Center

1900 Sullivan Avenue, Daly City, CA 94015 · (650) 992-4000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$42.7Mnet income, all sources
−40.8%margin on patient care alone
$3.3Mcost of charity care (2.0% of costs)
$21.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
188beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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 871100$153,282$21,838
Heart failure, with major complications 29122$108,262$14,855
Lung infection, with major complications 17719$121,166$17,969
Heart attack, with major complications 28018$106,982$17,234
Kidney failure, with major complications 68218$99,201$16,209
Pneumonia, with major complications 19315$88,196$15,341
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85315$384,011$55,915
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37714$101,270$18,676
Sepsis 87214$84,189$11,576
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 20812$239,144$30,709
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$64,149$13,430
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