US Health Care Costs

Chi Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital

4305 New Shepherdsville Road, Bardstown, KY 40004 · (502) 350-5000

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

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$25.9Mnet income, all sources
20.1%margin on patient care alone
$1.3Mcost of charity care (1.9% of costs)
$4.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
40beds

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 871126$40,778$14,769
Heart failure, with major complications 29144$25,493$10,340
Pneumonia, with major complications 19329$35,351$10,897
Sepsis 87222$24,870$8,594
Lung infection, with major complications 17719$39,725$13,189
Kidney failure, with complications 68314$22,622$7,325
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38912$22,360$6,567
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".