US Health Care Costs

Ascension St Vincent Carmel

13500 N Meridian St, Carmel, IN 46032 · (317) 582-7000

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

The money

$15what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$83.2Mnet income, all sources
32.5%margin on patient care alone
$2.2Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$10.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
124beds

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 87160$59,718$13,599
Heart failure, with major complications 29149$52,510$9,049
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37833$37,605$7,497
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46033$178,800$25,056
Pneumonia, with major complications 19332$48,085$10,139
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68929$34,159$9,255
Lung infection, with major complications 17721$50,759$11,667
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 33120$83,494$13,130
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64120$29,276$6,004
Stomach and digestive disorders 39219$29,068$6,214
Urinary tract infection 69019$28,066$5,934
Sepsis 87219$38,774$7,668
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 45516$227,055$32,038
Kidney failure, with complications 68316$29,329$6,827
Bowel surgery, with complications 33015$98,433$18,113
O.r. Procedures for Obesity Without Cc/Mcc 62114$90,976$10,921
Respiratory failure 18913$36,320$10,333
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Cc 32712$92,158$16,092
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37712$78,784$14,646
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$67,401$11,605
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$29,126$6,439
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