US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont

39400 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538 · (510) 784-4000

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$1.8Mnet income, all sources
−2.4%margin on patient care alone
$4.8Mcost of charity care (1.5% of costs)
$774,936unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
100beds

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 87154$82,817$41,188
Sepsis 87218$34,030$17,140
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".