US Health Care Costs

Day Kimball Hospital

320 Pomfret Street, Putnam, CT 06260 · (860) 928-6541

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

The money

$37what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$786,165net income, all sources
−16.1%margin on patient care alone
$60,435cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)
$5.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
60beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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 87196$40,984$17,368
Heart failure, with major complications 29150$27,515$11,847
Psychoses 88547$36,327$15,303
Lung infection, with major complications 17741$39,883$15,029
COPD, with major complications 19025$31,496$10,218
Pneumonia, with major complications 19322$35,237$11,663
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68920$35,656$11,048
Heart attack, with major complications 28018$30,468$13,560
Sepsis 87216$24,422$9,328
Fainting 31213$18,941$8,103
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85313$78,825$41,195
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64012$37,334$12,287
Urinary tract infection 69012$18,503$7,574
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$34,068$14,992
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 19111$19,651$7,803
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$25,473$9,185
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".