US Health Care Costs

Allegheny Valley Hospital

1301 Carlisle St, Natrona, PA 15065 · (412) 224-5100

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

The money

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$3.6Mnet income, all sources
$1.0Mcost of charity care (0.9% of costs)
$2.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
133beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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 87161$55,922$12,227
Heart failure, with major complications 29155$31,839$8,904
Respiratory failure 18933$34,556$8,894
Pneumonia, with major complications 19324$38,060$9,083
Sepsis 87221$30,268$7,264
Heart attack, with major complications 28017$30,130$10,080
Kidney failure, with complications 68316$24,820$6,161
Lung infection, with major complications 17714$57,793$11,416
Kidney failure, with major complications 68213$34,181$9,336
Urinary tract infection 69012$24,496$5,321
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".