US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro

2500 Merced Street, San Leandro, CA 94577 · (510) 454-1000

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

The money

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$44.0Mnet income, all sources
4.1%margin on patient care alone
$8.6Mcost of charity care (1.6% of costs)
$1.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
216beds

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 87160$91,182$29,272
Heart failure, with major complications 29129$80,550$36,300
Sepsis 87220$58,544$17,312
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".