US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville

1 Quality Drive, Vacaville, CA 95688 · (707) 624-4000

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

The money

$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$37.7Mnet income, all sources
6.0%margin on patient care alone
$5.0Mcost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
$1.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
144beds

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 87142$147,129$34,947
Heart failure, with major complications 29117$80,537$36,114
Sepsis 87217$80,991$21,469
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06511$97,195$14,946
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".