US Health Care Costs

California Pacific Medical Center - Mission Bernal

3555 Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, CA 94110 · (415) 641-6562

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

The money

$32what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$54.2Mnet income, all sources
−30.1%margin on patient care alone
$2.8Mcost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$8.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
120beds

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 871194$91,040$24,398
Hip or knee replacement 470107$97,491$26,622
Heart failure, with major complications 29175$63,356$15,984
Sepsis 87264$45,392$13,270
Lung infection, with major complications 17740$72,194$22,382
Stomach and digestive disorders 39235$44,897$10,228
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48134$89,069$25,244
Urinary tract infection 69030$40,939$10,628
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52228$121,005$25,887
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 48324$148,651$35,948
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60323$32,201$11,292
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64022$65,856$15,634
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$76,731$16,972
Back problems (no surgery) 55219$46,626$12,231
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64119$51,399$10,101
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69819$81,128$20,639
Kidney failure, with complications 68317$41,308$11,653
COPD, with major complications 19015$62,534$14,208
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37815$48,401$12,762
Kidney failure, with major complications 68215$51,135$17,197
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37714$109,635$26,477
Respiratory failure 18913$53,733$15,631
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68913$59,840$14,702
Bowel surgery, with complications 33012$128,319$29,619
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81112$98,833$30,629
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85312$288,982$80,747
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint Without Cc/Mcc 48211$81,156$19,861
Diabetes, with complications 63811$46,867$11,676
Delirium and other mental confusion 88411$39,663$18,903
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89711$42,061$11,169

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