Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center

523 North 3rd Street, Brainerd, MN 56401 · (218) 829-2861

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

The money

$34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$40.3Mnet income, all sources

2.5%margin on patient care alone

$1.9Mcost of charity care (0.9% of costs)

$5.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

113beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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	194	$32,573	$16,162
Heart failure, with major complications 291	67	$29,118	$11,398
Psychoses 885	48	$21,828	$11,308
Respiratory failure 189	42	$26,461	$10,054
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	29	$46,742	$17,046
Heart stent 322	26	$65,819	$15,850
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	25	$22,777	$13,458
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	23	$87,417	$25,522
Heart attack, with major complications 280	21	$33,241	$13,069
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	20	$20,501	$6,425
Sepsis 872	19	$24,425	$8,451
Urinary tract infection 690	18	$19,536	$6,569
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	17	$50,682	$18,390
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	16	$19,385	$6,913
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	15	$30,902	$8,371
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	15	$24,123	$6,446
Kidney failure, with complications 683	15	$30,403	$8,175
Pneumonia, with complications 194	14	$20,229	$7,132
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	14	$24,767	$8,001
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	13	$22,210	$9,776
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 480	13	$69,241	$24,144
Other digestive problems, with complications 394	12	$26,323	$7,683
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	12	$19,176	$7,242
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	12	$28,700	$11,847
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	11	$19,465	$6,554

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