US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim

3440 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA 92806 · (714) 279-4000

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

The money

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$213.7Mnet income, all sources
15.9%margin on patient care alone
$12.2Mcost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$2.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
531beds

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 871100$75,787$26,792
Heart failure, with major complications 29127$63,595$18,230
Sepsis 87224$37,191$19,174
Lung infection, with major complications 17718$56,020$19,148
Pneumonia, with major complications 19315$66,794$20,657
Urinary tract infection 69013$40,644$9,963
Respiratory failure 18912$74,379$15,547
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$102,731$26,265
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85311$169,464$89,334
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".