Fairbanks Memorial Hospital

1650 Cowles Street, Fairbanks, AK 99701 · (907) 452-8181

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

The money

$39what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$54.5Mnet income, all sources

−20.9%margin on patient care alone

$2.0Mcost of charity care (0.7% of costs)

$20.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

122beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Psychoses 885	102	$89,059	$27,349
Sepsis, with major complications 871	96	$86,759	$33,271
Heart failure, with major complications 291	48	$53,799	$20,532
Lung infection, with major complications 177	37	$70,801	$29,825
Sepsis 872	37	$60,424	$17,829
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	35	$45,179	$20,958
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	29	$93,225	$33,038
Extracranial Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 039	27	$43,097	$19,557
Heart attack, with major complications 280	22	$69,843	$25,553
Other Factors Influencing Health Status 951	22	$33,917	$9,709
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	21	$44,404	$14,048
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	20	$55,146	$16,075
Respiratory failure 189	20	$39,728	$20,828
COPD, with major complications 190	20	$51,428	$17,580
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	20	$54,092	$15,789
Kidney failure, with complications 683	18	$40,614	$14,226
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	18	$247,001	$87,045
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	16	$72,446	$29,414
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	16	$52,877	$24,823
Heart stent 322	14	$135,800	$35,198
Bowel surgery, with complications 330	14	$78,839	$37,736
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	14	$75,296	$33,631
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	13	$61,427	$26,179
Depressive Neuroses 881	13	$52,762	$14,418
Stroke, with major complications 064	12	$63,879	$31,638
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint Without Cc/Mcc 482	12	$66,155	$30,202
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction Without Cc/Mcc 066	11	$45,557	$10,990
Pneumonia, with complications 194	11	$35,655	$13,013
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	11	$177,035	$48,618
Urinary tract infection 690	11	$109,979	$13,263

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