US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City

13652 Cantara St, Panorama City, CA 91402 · (818) 375-2000

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

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$218.7Mnet income, all sources
37.8%margin on patient care alone
$6.5Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$1.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
218beds

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 87186$81,319$26,877
Heart failure, with major complications 29123$61,562$19,573
Respiratory failure 18918$53,778$20,357
Sepsis 87218$39,316$17,887
Heart attack, with major complications 28015$34,650$31,625
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85313$218,071$65,489
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37712$67,084$52,532
Lung infection, with major complications 17711$49,054$18,135
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".