US Health Care Costs

Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc

529 Central Avenue, Dunkirk, NY 14048 · (716) 366-1111

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

The money

$46what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$4.4Mnet income, all sources
−37.9%margin on patient care alone
$538,883cost of charity care (0.9% of costs)
$1.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
65beds

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 87126$25,670$20,253
Pneumonia, with complications 19416$14,622$8,510
Lung infection, with major complications 17715$27,750$17,863
COPD, with major complications 19015$22,250$10,828
Pneumonia, with major complications 19315$28,672$13,651
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$16,132$9,110
Sepsis 87211$13,274$10,451
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".