US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento

2025 Morse Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95825 · (916) 973-5000

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

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$37.0Mnet income, all sources
1.8%margin on patient care alone
$9.2Mcost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$1.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
283beds

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 871155$114,580$25,760
Heart failure, with major complications 29154$69,550$21,113
Sepsis 87245$58,584$17,217
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06532$74,088$15,400
Respiratory failure 18926$97,619$28,882
Lung infection, with major complications 17720$72,410$26,808
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69819$74,866$20,538
Stroke, with major complications 06414$97,031$22,280
COPD, with major complications 19013$79,337$14,186
Heart attack, with major complications 28013$86,940$30,627
Seizures 10112$45,320$11,485
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc 02511$241,858$56,952
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$58,031$13,231
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".