US Health Care Costs

Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center

24800 SE Stark Street, Gresham, OR 97030 · (503) 674-1122

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

The money

$32what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$6.8Mnet income, all sources
−6.2%margin on patient care alone
$11.8Mcost of charity care (5.4% of costs)
$4.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
100beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending March 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
Sepsis, with major complications 87163$47,884$17,709
Heart failure, with major complications 29161$38,388$12,317
Heart attack, with major complications 28029$48,385$15,340
Pneumonia, with major complications 19323$34,960$12,228
Lung infection, with major complications 17721$43,150$15,324
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85318$119,057$40,281
Respiratory failure 18916$37,276$11,900
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$31,609$9,129
Stomach and digestive disorders 39213$36,037$9,174
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".