US Health Care Costs

Arnot Ogden Medical Center

600 Roe Avenue, Elmira, NY 14905 · (607) 737-4100

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

The money

$33what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$3.4Mnet income, all sources
−30.8%margin on patient care alone
$5.7Mcost of charity care (1.8% of costs)
$13.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
191beds

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 871117$40,348$23,576
Heart failure, with major complications 29157$23,957$15,100
Pneumonia, with major complications 19338$31,837$16,598
Lung infection, with major complications 17734$43,494$20,047
Sepsis 87233$25,842$12,993
COPD, with major complications 19030$38,893$13,993
Hip or knee replacement 47029$42,612$21,641
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64129$19,411$10,080
Respiratory failure 18925$26,281$15,083
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37825$27,112$12,373
Stomach and digestive disorders 39225$25,040$10,027
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37723$40,067$21,130
Urinary tract infection 69023$20,338$10,443
Heart attack, with major complications 28022$33,047$18,705
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68922$25,338$13,574
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06521$28,388$12,678
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30921$19,178$9,665
Fainting 31221$20,603$10,740
Chest pain 31321$16,236$8,905
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60318$15,692$10,668
Pneumonia, with complications 19417$20,412$10,043
Heart attack, with complications 28115$34,874$12,289
Irregular heartbeat 31015$17,413$7,264
Heart stent 32213$74,373$20,720
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48113$49,533$25,048
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52213$55,480$24,786
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$18,984$11,015
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 19112$25,569$10,861
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38912$25,527$10,851
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$25,773$18,646
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$26,725$20,311
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Mcc 07011$36,284$20,215
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28611$37,985$24,691

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