US Health Care Costs

Mad River Community Hospital

3800 Janes Rd, Arcata, CA 95521 · (707) 822-3621

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.9Mnet income, all sources
−17.1%margin on patient care alone
$149,895cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)
$2.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds

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

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 87133$70,451$19,426
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