US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles

4867 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 · (323) 783-4011

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

The money

$26what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$252.4Mnet income, all sources
17.9%margin on patient care alone
$9.0Mcost of charity care (0.8% of costs)
$2.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
492beds

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 871102$114,112$31,280
Heart failure, with major complications 29139$71,672$19,062
Heart attack, with major complications 28032$99,812$29,674
Stroke, with major complications 06426$141,914$38,802
Sepsis 87226$51,871$13,748
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06524$84,292$15,870
Heart stent 32223$47,721$43,954
Heart attack, with complications 28122$44,885$19,244
Respiratory failure 18918$75,348$18,103
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Cns Principal Diagnosis with Mcc O 02315$183,939$66,432
Pneumonia, with major complications 19314$65,156$16,627
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64114$33,321$12,440
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures Without Cardiac Catheterization 22013$128,908$186,335
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$40,556$15,797
Lung infection, with major complications 17711$69,571$19,602
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation Without Mcc 23411$203,948$138,451
Coronary Bypass Without Cardiac Catheterization Without Mcc 23611$216,485$140,950
Heart catheterization 28711$74,999$21,886
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32111$84,562$41,237
Urinary tract infection 69011$43,331$15,581
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