US Health Care Costs

Excela Health - Frick Hospital

508 South Church Street, Mount Pleasant, PA 15666 · (724) 547-1500

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

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$15.0Mnet income, all sources
14.3%margin on patient care alone
$424,843cost of charity care (0.8% of costs)
$5.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
33beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87156$27,336$12,393
Pneumonia, with major complications 19327$26,783$8,859
Heart failure, with major complications 29127$25,173$8,842
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30914$12,920$5,478
Heart attack, with major complications 28013$21,054$10,543
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$24,617$10,283
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$30,062$11,466
Respiratory failure 18911$26,946$9,374
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$21,474$5,669
Sepsis 87211$14,323$7,080
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".