US Health Care Costs

Lake Huron Medical Center

2601 Electric Avenue, Port Huron, MI 48060 · (810) 985-1500

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

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.4Mnet income, all sources
0.0%margin on patient care alone
$295,853cost of charity care (0.5% of costs)
$6.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
129beds

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 871196$44,494$13,244
Heart failure, with major complications 29139$28,129$8,876
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64029$22,855$9,354
Respiratory failure 18928$33,406$8,604
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Mcc 07326$34,015$10,470
Kidney failure, with major complications 68225$28,622$10,125
Sepsis 87220$23,961$7,224
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85319$99,863$32,332
Stomach and digestive disorders 39213$19,010$5,577
Lung infection, with major complications 17711$41,877$11,365
Diabetes, with major complications 63711$34,286$10,245
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".