US Health Care Costs

Hillsdale Hospital

168 S Howell Street, Hillsdale, MI 49242 · (517) 437-4451

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

The money

$41what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$5.9Mnet income, all sources
1.0%margin on patient care alone
$736,453cost of charity care (1.0% of costs)
$5.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
44beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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
Heart failure, with major complications 29125$15,272$10,969
Pneumonia, with complications 19416$15,205$7,789
Respiratory failure 18915$26,852$11,560
COPD, with major complications 19012$25,845$10,316
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30911$16,262$7,643
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".