US Health Care Costs

Kettering Health Troy

600 West Main Street, Troy, OH 45373 · (937) 980-7000

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

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$13.8Mnet income, all sources
11.6%margin on patient care alone
$3.0Mcost of charity care (5.6% of costs)
$4.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
28beds

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
Heart failure, with major complications 29163$45,730$9,040
Sepsis, with major complications 87139$54,830$12,510
Respiratory failure 18925$42,260$9,816
Pneumonia, with major complications 19323$41,706$9,249
Lung infection, with major complications 17719$51,635$10,844
Urinary tract infection 69013$35,962$5,877
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$50,262$12,385
Sepsis 87212$36,684$7,996
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06511$45,222$7,205
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64111$27,063$5,585
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".