US Health Care Costs

Fhn Memorial Hospital

1045 West Stephenson Street, Freeport, IL 61032 · (815) 599-6000

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

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$12.9Mnet income, all sources
6.2%margin on patient care alone
$310,620cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)
$5.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
100beds

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 87165$54,741$15,845
Heart failure, with major complications 29157$36,688$10,637
Pneumonia, with complications 19448$28,304$6,745
Urinary tract infection 69033$27,236$6,618
Pneumonia, with major complications 19324$43,184$10,449
Lung infection, with major complications 17721$53,045$13,025
Respiratory failure 18921$38,491$9,612
Lung infection, with complications 17820$34,572$8,005
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37818$34,087$7,873
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60318$24,984$7,102
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64118$22,452$6,444
Sepsis 87217$34,253$8,114
Stomach and digestive disorders 39214$27,046$6,502
Heart attack, with major complications 28013$43,518$12,286
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48113$112,298$16,071
Anemia and blood disorders 81213$34,344$7,449
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64012$28,960$10,289
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