Grand Lake Health System
200 Saint Clair Street, Saint Marys, OH 45885 · (419) 394-3335
The money
$36what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$8.1Mnet income, all sources
5.5%margin on patient care alone
$224,821cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)
$7.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
33beds
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 37 | $20,935 | $10,397 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 32 | $22,324 | $10,404 | |
| Kidney failure, with complications 683 | 19 | $18,701 | $7,626 | |
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 19 | $31,272 | $16,149 | |
| Kidney failure, with major complications 682 | 18 | $21,325 | $11,598 | |
| Respiratory failure 189 | 17 | $21,444 | $10,181 | |
| Skin infection (cellulitis) 603 | 15 | $15,818 | $7,710 | |
| Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378 | 11 | $26,072 | $8,202 |
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