US Health Care Costs

Grand Island Regional Medical Center

3533 Prairieview Street, Grand Island, NE 68803 · (308) 675-5000

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

The money

$37what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$2.3Mnet income, all sources
−8.2%margin on patient care alone
$2.1Mcost of charity care (2.5% of costs)
$1.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
60beds

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 87159$46,855$16,436
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$33,515$12,608
Heart failure, with major complications 29123$30,350$11,116
Bowel surgery, with complications 33021$37,266$16,903
Respiratory failure 18919$32,318$8,257
Pneumonia, with major complications 19319$33,806$9,168
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37818$22,466$7,387
Heart attack, with major complications 28016$58,318$13,431
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38914$20,583$5,495
Sepsis 87214$22,658$7,098
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85313$138,207$54,894
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32911$66,998$30,416
Back problems (no surgery) 55211$22,118$7,885
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".