Hilo Benioff Medical Center

1190 Waianuenue Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720 · (808) 932-3000

General hospitalGovernment - StateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$41what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$33.1Mnet income, all sources

−18.1%margin on patient care alone

$38,626cost of charity care (0.0% of costs)

$11.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

194beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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
Sepsis, with major complications 871	177	$58,769	$24,514
Heart failure, with major complications 291	78	$40,932	$16,965
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	64	$50,002	$16,865
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	59	$45,005	$12,768
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	49	$30,852	$14,033
Sepsis 872	45	$37,917	$14,064
COPD, with major complications 190	35	$54,571	$13,894
Psychoses 885	35	$31,005	$17,064
Lung infection, with major complications 177	34	$59,919	$21,939
Stroke, with major complications 064	28	$79,013	$31,736
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	26	$22,724	$9,917
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	24	$178,810	$63,297
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	23	$34,387	$14,819
Heart stent 322	22	$46,020	$23,408
Respiratory failure 189	21	$40,333	$16,844
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	21	$22,616	$11,178
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	21	$55,150	$16,459
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	20	$22,198	$10,908
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	19	$61,514	$25,591
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	18	$75,309	$21,649
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction Without Cc/Mcc 066	17	$21,337	$8,621
Urinary tract infection 690	17	$23,178	$10,168
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 208	16	$120,450	$38,693
Fainting 312	16	$29,980	$10,947
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	16	$61,453	$26,344
Irregular heartbeat 310	15	$17,132	$6,946
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	15	$25,881	$9,984
Pneumonia, with complications 194	14	$27,028	$10,323
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	14	$49,070	$16,936
Other circulation problems, with major complications 314	14	$41,970	$24,451
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	14	$16,449	$9,973
Heart attack, with major complications 280	13	$61,898	$18,580
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	13	$59,159	$35,454
Kidney failure, with complications 683	13	$24,812	$11,284
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	12	$52,916	$27,730
Heart catheterization 287	12	$35,049	$13,577
Back problems (no surgery) 552	11	$23,490	$12,452
Diabetes, with complications 638	11	$30,004	$11,436
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	11	$44,274	$18,979
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 870	11	$238,568	$82,263

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