US Health Care Costs

Berger Hospital

600 North Pickaway Street, Circleville, OH 43113 · (740) 420-8008

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$12.2Mnet income, all sources
7.8%margin on patient care alone
$3.6Mcost of charity care (3.6% of costs)
$8.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
83beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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 871102$29,572$15,808
Heart failure, with major complications 29152$19,369$10,521
Pneumonia, with major complications 19329$22,785$12,092
Lung infection, with major complications 17718$24,762$12,909
Respiratory failure 18918$16,102$10,457
Kidney failure, with major complications 68217$19,823$10,899
Kidney failure, with complications 68316$17,936$9,062
Sepsis 87216$18,277$9,605
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30914$13,914$6,801
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06511$24,400$8,522
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$15,956$9,589
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