US Health Care Costs

Lecom Medical Center and Behavioral Health Pav

5515 Peach Street, Erie, PA 16509 · (814) 864-4031

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

The money

$38what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$3.5Mnet income, all sources
−19.5%margin on patient care alone
$1.0Mcost of charity care (1.7% of costs)
$2.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
138beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Psychoses 88539$27,899$14,800
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89720$9,205$7,990
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64114$16,976$7,218
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".