US Health Care Costs

Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital

4646 N Marine Drive, Chicago, IL 60640 · (773) 878-8700

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$27.9Mnet income, all sources
−45.7%margin on patient care alone
$2.4Mcost of charity care (2.9% of costs)
$2.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
119beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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 871126$71,319$22,623
Heart failure, with major complications 29137$34,743$14,995
Respiratory failure 18922$38,032$13,738
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69820$54,420$17,884
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85319$165,418$51,277
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 87019$123,616$59,389
Sepsis 87219$38,871$12,128
Kidney failure, with complications 68318$36,051$10,301
Kidney failure, with major complications 68216$60,521$17,740
Lung infection, with major complications 17715$53,962$17,943
Pneumonia, with major complications 19315$43,308$15,202
Hip or knee replacement 47015$108,741$19,488
Heart attack, with major complications 28014$71,420$18,513
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64014$56,979$16,388
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64114$30,084$9,516
Fainting 31213$34,278$9,997
Stomach and digestive disorders 39213$30,428$8,767
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$47,979$13,198
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$28,852$9,408
Urinary tract infection 69011$42,103$9,620
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