US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West La

6041 Cadillac Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034 · (213) 857-2201

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNo emergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$39.9Mnet income, all sources
6.9%margin on patient care alone
$6.9Mcost of charity care (1.6% of costs)
$3.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
265beds

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 871120$103,736$23,707
Heart failure, with major complications 29123$54,363$16,824
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85319$345,567$110,696
Sepsis 87219$61,799$11,294
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06515$57,824$13,325
Lung infection, with major complications 17714$102,883$16,766
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".