US Health Care Costs

Cambridge Health Alliance

1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 · (617) 665-1000

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$54what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$55.4Mnet income, all sources
−136.5%margin on patient care alone
$61.5Mcost of charity care (9.9% of costs)
$8.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
225beds

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 871109$31,295$27,491
Heart failure, with major complications 29185$26,435$22,034
Pneumonia, with major complications 19353$23,171$21,212
COPD, with major complications 19051$18,202$18,546
Lung infection, with major complications 17740$28,791$24,604
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64128$15,438$15,330
Heart attack, with major complications 28024$36,427$28,117
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89723$13,461$15,699
Stomach and digestive disorders 39222$19,821$15,617
Hip or knee replacement 47021$20,965$27,365
Respiratory failure 18920$24,063$20,793
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48120$30,802$28,872
Kidney failure, with major complications 68219$32,335$27,390
Kidney failure, with complications 68316$15,111$16,146
Urinary tract infection 69016$15,549$15,474
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69813$23,284$24,189
Sepsis 87212$18,884$18,253
Fainting 31211$16,056$16,148
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$16,202$16,572
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64011$19,207$21,398
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