US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno

7300 North Fresno St, Fresno, CA 93720 · (559) 448-4500

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

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$73.1Mnet income, all sources
12.7%margin on patient care alone
$9.1Mcost of charity care (2.4% of costs)
$1.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
169beds

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 87136$94,508$23,268
Heart failure, with major complications 29114$75,198$16,765
Respiratory failure 18912$87,781$18,534
Sepsis 87211$64,798$13,418
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".