US Health Care Costs

Allina Health Faribault Medical Center

200 State Avenue, Faribault, MN 55021 · (507) 334-6451

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

The money

$34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$1.2Mnet income, all sources
−9.8%margin on patient care alone
$944,014cost of charity care (1.7% of costs)
$1.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
32beds

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 87166$25,125$15,811
Heart failure, with major complications 29164$26,309$11,482
Sepsis 87229$20,389$9,036
Lung infection, with major complications 17719$21,676$13,807
Urinary tract infection 69018$13,881$7,401
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$14,428$7,988
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64114$13,530$7,256
Pneumonia, with complications 19413$16,446$7,620
Pneumonia, with major complications 19312$24,873$12,034
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".