US Health Care Costs

California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hosp

601 Duboce Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94117 · (415) 600-6000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - OtherNo emergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$26what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$50.0Mnet income, all sources
16.3%margin on patient care alone
$3.7Mcost of charity care (1.6% of costs)
$11.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
105beds

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 87190$77,795$21,647
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06553$69,739$12,715
Stroke, with major complications 06452$99,322$24,933
Heart failure, with major complications 29135$52,716$14,878
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60332$34,206$10,776
Sepsis 87231$44,309$12,231
Lung infection, with major complications 17719$61,089$20,933
Back problems (no surgery) 55217$41,177$11,706
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64117$40,592$9,829
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc 02515$235,217$52,270
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$45,836$9,723
Urinary tract infection 69014$39,579$9,668
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69813$66,293$20,578
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Cns Principal Diagnosis with Mcc O 02312$224,510$55,958
Pneumonia, with major complications 19312$41,596$15,347
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