US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center

975 Sereno Dr, Vallejo, CA 94589 · (707) 651-1000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNo emergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$21.7Mnet income, all sources
2.1%margin on patient care alone
$6.9Mcost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
$1.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
184beds

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 871116$124,978$30,799
Heart failure, with major complications 29121$123,258$17,846
Sepsis 87219$67,920$16,462
Respiratory failure 18918$109,944$17,917
Heart attack, with major complications 28017$124,840$20,629
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85316$342,168$89,920
Heart stent 32214$98,064$35,587
Lung infection, with major complications 17711$81,685$63,238
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".