US Health Care Costs

Chi Health Good Samaritan

P O Box 1990, 10 East 31st St, Kearney, NE 68848 · (308) 865-7900

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

The money

$25what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$188.0Mnet income, all sources
$4.0Mcost of charity care (2.4% of costs)
$9.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
182beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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 871263$61,725$15,165
Heart failure, with major complications 29160$47,952$10,158
Psychoses 88548$24,763$10,537
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85340$162,938$41,083
Kidney failure, with major complications 68236$37,327$11,228
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48130$70,784$15,205
Sepsis 87228$43,657$7,954
Stroke, with major complications 06427$65,639$14,637
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06524$34,362$7,978
Pneumonia, with major complications 19323$43,472$12,465
Heart attack, with major complications 28022$46,402$11,208
Lung infection, with major complications 17720$41,183$11,981
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48020$101,775$20,750
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37717$57,419$15,742
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69817$65,496$14,235
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37816$30,934$8,232
Stomach and digestive disorders 39216$27,073$6,272
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52216$55,753$15,553
Back problems (no surgery) 55216$26,552$7,669
Kidney failure, with complications 68316$26,365$7,006
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue O.r. Procedures with Cc 51615$75,768$14,032
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc 02514$116,070$31,141
Major Chest Procedures with Mcc 16312$116,657$30,044
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17512$55,121$12,116
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28611$75,344$14,206
Heart catheterization 28711$53,970$9,845
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mcc 43211$59,062$16,893
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Cc 51911$79,264$14,723
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64011$50,410$11,343

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