US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital

99 Montecillo Rd, San Rafael, CA 94903 · (415) 444-2000

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

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$49.8Mnet income, all sources
−22.5%margin on patient care alone
$2.9Mcost of charity care (1.1% of costs)
$465,504unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
107beds

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 87128$103,782$31,950
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".