US Health Care Costs

Fairview Lakes Health Services

5200 Fairview Boulevard, Wyoming, MN 55092 · (952) 892-2101

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

The money

$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$16.5Mnet income, all sources
10.1%margin on patient care alone
$1.9Mcost of charity care (1.9% of costs)
$3.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
55beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87179$54,635$15,987
Heart failure, with major complications 29143$57,382$12,362
Lung infection, with major complications 17727$48,426$13,908
Sepsis 87224$36,276$10,109
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$52,530$11,374
COPD, with major complications 19020$50,310$11,244
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69818$32,393$13,285
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06513$31,563$8,241
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$31,088$7,295
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".