US Health Care Costs

Dameron Hospital

525 West Acacia Street, Stockton, CA 95203 · (209) 944-5550

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

The money

$12what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$41.2Mnet income, all sources
−33.4%margin on patient care alone
$4.0Mcost of charity care (2.6% of costs)
$15.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
170beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87165$180,824$19,786
Heart failure, with major complications 29135$128,528$14,225
Pneumonia, with major complications 19322$170,769$13,555
Heart attack, with major complications 28013$190,874$15,831
Heart stent 32213$226,163$18,767
Sepsis 87212$92,072$10,511
Lung infection, with major complications 17711$113,110$16,792
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation Without Mcc 23411$700,546$55,498
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".