US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek

1425 S Main Street, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 · (925) 295-4000

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$10.1Mnet income, all sources
−3.6%margin on patient care alone
$6.4Mcost of charity care (1.0% of costs)
$1.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
249beds

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 87174$112,236$35,489
Sepsis 87216$50,404$27,801
Heart failure, with major complications 29115$91,845$15,377
Lung infection, with major complications 17713$61,608$23,028
Respiratory failure 18913$81,881$32,724
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".