Community Howard Regional Health Inc.

3500 S Lafountain St, Kokomo, IN 46902 · (765) 776-8000

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

The money

$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$33.8Mnet income, all sources

8.2%margin on patient care alone

$1.5Mcost of charity care (0.9% of costs)

$8.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

111beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. 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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	62	$45,729	$13,255
Respiratory failure 189	51	$41,985	$9,204
Heart failure, with major complications 291	46	$31,064	$9,410
Kidney failure, with complications 683	39	$22,093	$6,799
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	38	$36,621	$9,726
Psychoses 885	35	$24,774	$10,248
Lung infection, with major complications 177	32	$46,877	$11,676
Hip or knee replacement 470	28	$82,457	$13,853
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	27	$37,917	$10,346
COPD, with major complications 190	24	$44,704	$7,968
Pneumonia, with complications 194	22	$28,951	$6,294
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	21	$30,268	$7,397
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	21	$23,603	$5,860
Urinary tract infection 690	21	$20,789	$6,128
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	17	$61,504	$16,072
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	16	$35,238	$7,663
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Cc 071	16	$33,705	$7,683
Heart attack, with major complications 280	16	$49,197	$9,913
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	16	$90,875	$16,418
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	14	$97,870	$15,476
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	14	$38,951	$8,844
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	14	$39,069	$8,740
Heart stent 322	13	$129,812	$14,882
Sepsis 872	13	$34,713	$7,639

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