US Health Care Costs

Iberia Medical Center

2315 E Main Street, New Iberia, LA 70560 · (337) 364-0441

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$9.0Mnet income, all sources
−7.6%margin on patient care alone
$363,672cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)
$9.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
133beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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 871108$38,555$12,454
Heart failure, with major complications 29150$21,246$8,152
Heart attack, with major complications 28044$34,032$10,830
Lung infection, with major complications 17733$30,429$10,216
Respiratory failure 18929$31,029$8,564
Kidney failure, with major complications 68227$22,604$9,181
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85323$83,938$28,763
Pneumonia, with major complications 19322$26,847$8,589
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68922$19,840$7,528
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64020$25,360$8,144
Kidney failure, with complications 68318$15,551$5,964
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$48,211$13,189
Sepsis 87215$26,517$6,784
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37814$24,199$6,643
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64114$17,644$5,472
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37712$26,342$10,512
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".