US Health Care Costs

Chi St Lukes Health Memorial Livingston

1717 Hwy 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX 77351 · (936) 327-4381

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

The money

$10what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$8.9Mnet income, all sources
−2.5%margin on patient care alone
$3.8Mcost of charity care (7.6% of costs)
$11.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
66beds

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
Heart failure, with major complications 29138$50,997$14,736
Sepsis, with major complications 87120$71,604$19,007
Lung infection, with major complications 17718$62,978$17,263
Pneumonia, with major complications 19316$55,629$15,108
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".