Lake Regional Health System

54 Hospital Drive, Osage Beach, MO 65065 · (573) 348-8000

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

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$4.2Mnet income, all sources

−6.3%margin on patient care alone

$7.2Mcost of charity care (3.2% of costs)

$29.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

105beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending April 2025. 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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	123	$40,218	$16,454
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	79	$33,380	$11,164
Heart failure, with major complications 291	75	$27,567	$10,878
Heart attack, with major complications 280	41	$51,846	$13,580
Respiratory failure 189	28	$30,823	$10,401
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	28	$25,837	$6,305
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	27	$31,975	$9,906
Lung infection, with major complications 177	25	$29,059	$14,083
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	24	$49,070	$17,498
Sepsis 872	24	$29,583	$8,646
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	22	$50,552	$8,704
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	22	$29,403	$6,652
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	21	$63,531	$17,862
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	20	$31,829	$10,120
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	20	$32,367	$8,424
COPD, with major complications 190	18	$29,766	$9,193
Irregular heartbeat 310	18	$16,012	$4,626
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	18	$109,347	$24,342
Urinary tract infection 690	18	$26,354	$6,830
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	17	$37,469	$11,137
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	17	$27,775	$13,905
Heart attack, with complications 281	15	$37,227	$7,723
Heart stent 322	15	$82,979	$18,648
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	15	$40,175	$12,767
Kidney failure, with complications 683	15	$23,408	$7,609
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	12	$19,306	$6,742
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	11	$72,733	$41,954

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