US Health Care Costs

Avera St Lukes

305 S State St Post Office Box 4450, Aberdeen, SD 57401 · (605) 622-5000

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

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$4.9Mnet income, all sources
−6.6%margin on patient care alone
$1.5Mcost of charity care (1.1% of costs)
$2.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
50beds

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 871161$61,302$14,137
Hip or knee replacement 47062$53,635$13,146
Heart attack, with major complications 28060$48,540$11,406
Heart failure, with major complications 29155$33,854$8,920
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48133$57,702$14,262
Sepsis 87233$32,313$7,160
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85327$119,627$33,843
Bowel surgery, with complications 33024$67,724$16,596
Pneumonia, with major complications 19323$38,696$9,277
Kidney failure, with complications 68323$26,840$6,192
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52221$59,188$14,740
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32120$102,274$20,672
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32920$115,677$29,950
Heart attack, with complications 28119$35,567$6,259
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64019$30,705$8,993
Lung infection, with major complications 17718$62,912$11,236
Respiratory failure 18918$29,298$8,423
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69818$40,162$11,416
Heart stent 32216$76,674$12,718
Kidney failure, with major complications 68216$39,850$10,013
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06515$38,382$7,145
Irregular heartbeat 31015$17,622$3,933
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37815$34,441$6,776
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$24,363$5,520
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38914$25,705$5,633
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48014$76,105$19,338
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive Without Cc/Mcc 28213$31,895$5,050
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37713$35,504$11,370
Gastrointestinal Obstruction Without Cc/Mcc 39013$17,377$3,918
Stroke, with major complications 06412$60,648$13,876
Heart catheterization 28712$37,097$7,530
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 33112$44,227$11,683
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Mcc 52112$83,907$20,301
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity with Mcc or Tota 46911$91,894$22,867

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