US Health Care Costs

Faith Health

2700 West Norfolk Ave, Norfolk, NE 68701 · (402) 371-4880

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

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$13.0Mnet income, all sources
12.1%margin on patient care alone
$1.4Mcost of charity care (0.9% of costs)
$9.3Munpaid 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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871199$52,666$17,762
Heart failure, with major complications 29161$32,838$11,379
Heart attack, with major complications 28035$47,100$14,009
Psychoses 88534$27,785$12,365
Pneumonia, with major complications 19332$40,725$11,668
Sepsis 87232$37,850$9,330
Lung infection, with major complications 17731$54,036$14,733
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48123$59,850$20,809
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52221$63,105$18,619
Heart attack, with complications 28120$34,301$8,081
Anal and Stomal Procedures with Mcc 34719$32,515$21,975
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37819$27,514$8,683
Kidney failure, with major complications 68218$40,202$13,162
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68918$29,547$10,346
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37717$45,222$15,773
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85317$93,706$44,258
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38915$25,595$7,043
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64015$31,133$11,626
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06514$33,416$8,932
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30914$18,232$6,564
Heart stent 32212$81,275$16,046
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$23,367$6,933
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mcc 43212$34,361$16,936
Diabetes, with major complications 63712$38,721$12,801
Stroke, with major complications 06411$55,960$17,541
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48011$68,947$25,884
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$28,578$7,931

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".