US Health Care Costs

Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville

1500 E Houston Hwy, Beeville, TX 78102 · (361) 354-2000

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

The money

$11what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$6.3Mnet income, all sources
11.6%margin on patient care alone
$8.8Mcost of charity care (22.2% of costs)
$2.4Munpaid 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 87126$64,909$20,001
Heart failure, with major complications 29114$55,439$15,070
Pneumonia, with major complications 19313$52,824$15,258
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64011$39,426$14,910
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".