US Health Care Costs

Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City

3001 Avenue a, Dodge City, KS 67801 · (620) 225-8400

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.2Mnet income, all sources
1.8%margin on patient care alone
$2.5Mcost of charity care (7.6% of costs)
$4.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
99beds

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 87154$43,414$17,019
Heart failure, with major complications 29129$39,719$11,516
Respiratory failure 18912$60,643$11,386
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".