US Health Care Costs

Ascension St Vincent's Southside

4201 Belfort Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32216 · (904) 296-3700

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

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$39.2Mnet income, all sources
−24.5%margin on patient care alone
$15.2Mcost of charity care (5.7% of costs)
$35.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
227beds

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 871160$69,831$14,215
Lung infection, with major complications 17772$42,654$12,232
Heart failure, with major complications 29163$42,701$10,325
Hip or knee replacement 47035$122,637$13,966
Kidney failure, with major complications 68234$48,683$11,138
Pneumonia, with major complications 19329$39,897$10,176
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 45427$244,809$43,663
Sepsis 87227$37,422$8,452
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64026$41,792$10,000
Kidney failure, with complications 68326$32,518$7,506
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68926$51,746$9,087
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 45525$227,716$34,595
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Cc 47222$113,187$23,065
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69822$54,642$12,188
Heart attack, with major complications 28020$64,039$12,116
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85320$149,660$33,000
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28619$80,568$16,235
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30919$35,783$6,441
Respiratory failure 18916$42,817$9,922
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46016$204,376$27,033
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37815$35,278$8,086
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$36,799$6,700
Stroke, with major complications 06414$60,157$14,213
Cervical Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 47314$118,674$18,262
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 69914$33,422$8,419
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 87014$216,313$51,285
Heart catheterization 28713$58,090$8,834
Heart stent 32213$141,187$14,077
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60313$29,590$7,376
Urinary tract infection 69013$22,851$6,590
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc 02511$149,585$28,905
Seizures with Mcc 10011$46,567$14,155
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17511$59,053$10,983
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30811$48,979$9,800

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