US Health Care Costs

Desoto Memorial Hospital

900 N Robert Ave, Arcadia, FL 34266 · (863) 494-3535

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

The money

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.8Mnet income, all sources
−4.5%margin on patient care alone
$3.5Mcost of charity care (8.6% of costs)
$6.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds

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 87124$53,579$18,801
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$34,871$13,843
Heart failure, with major complications 29118$42,820$14,213
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$26,925$10,563
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".