US Health Care Costs

Desoto Regional Health System

207 Jefferson Street, Mansfield, LA 71052 · (318) 872-4610

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

The money

$36what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$2.7Mnet income, all sources
−4.5%margin on patient care alone
$299,508cost of charity care (1.1% of costs)
$1.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
34beds

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
Heart failure, with major complications 29124$18,798$11,471
Respiratory failure 18912$22,130$11,113
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".