US Health Care Costs

Aurora Medical Center Bay Area

3003 University Dr, Marinette, WI 54143 · (715) 735-4200

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

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$1.7Mnet income, all sources
−5.8%margin on patient care alone
$1.4Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$6.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
60beds

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 871127$48,852$15,524
Heart failure, with major complications 29172$34,121$10,100
Sepsis 87232$28,841$8,152
Pneumonia, with major complications 19325$48,320$10,308
Lung infection, with major complications 17722$51,443$13,397
Kidney failure, with complications 68319$28,813$7,020
Respiratory failure 18917$37,453$9,493
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30817$31,284$9,513
COPD, with major complications 19015$37,514$8,998
Fainting 31213$28,180$6,876
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68913$27,376$9,398
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".