Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin Street, Buffalo, MN 55313 · (763) 682-1212
The money
$31what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$17.3Mnet income, all sources
12.6%margin on patient care alone
$1.2Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$1.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
39beds
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)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 67 | $30,381 | $16,638 | |
| Hip or knee replacement 470 | 32 | $48,035 | $17,905 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 28 | $23,377 | $11,500 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 21 | $17,739 | $9,365 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 18 | $23,937 | $11,287 | |
| Urinary tract infection 690 | 15 | $15,939 | $7,844 | |
| Pneumonia, with complications 194 | 12 | $14,987 | $7,581 | |
| Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065 | 11 | $23,806 | $8,710 | |
| Kidney failure, with complications 683 | 11 | $17,039 | $8,390 |
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