US Health Care Costs

Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus

1475 W 49th St, Hialeah, FL 33012 · (305) 558-2500

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

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$7.0Mnet income, all sources
0.7%margin on patient care alone
$3.6Mcost of charity care (4.3% of costs)
$16.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
119beds

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$104,050$28,778
Urinary tract infection 69053$59,259$14,740
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy 89550$36,287$21,080
Heart failure, with major complications 29144$83,471$19,815
Pneumonia, with major complications 19343$69,698$20,197
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68938$83,971$20,120
Lung infection, with major complications 17730$80,893$23,562
Stomach and digestive disorders 39220$56,758$13,107
Pneumonia, with complications 19417$59,710$14,794
Heart attack, with major complications 28015$76,336$23,095
Sepsis 87214$60,591$17,114
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$57,806$14,859
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".