US Health Care Costs

Christus Spohn Hospital Kleberg

1311 East General Cavazos Blvd, Kingsville, TX 78363 · (361) 595-1661

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

The money

$12what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$5.5Mnet income, all sources
8.9%margin on patient care alone
$8.7Mcost of charity care (19.1% of costs)
$3.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
50beds

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 29126$46,828$14,054
Sepsis, with major complications 87119$69,598$18,848
Urinary tract infection 69015$39,242$10,761
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".