US Health Care Costs

Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital

6 Glen Cove Drive, Rockport, ME 04856 · (207) 921-8000

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

The money

$40what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$7.9Mnet income, all sources
−12.1%margin on patient care alone
$2.1Mcost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$11.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
81beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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 87161$47,548$24,788
Heart failure, with major complications 29139$36,042$12,608
Psychoses 88532$59,594$17,479
Sepsis 87223$23,337$10,649
Respiratory failure 18918$30,979$12,062
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$50,095$16,312
Pneumonia, with major complications 19313$26,981$12,978
Stomach and digestive disorders 39213$25,228$7,712
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 48313$83,772$24,793
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89713$26,215$8,463
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30912$24,990$7,293
Irregular heartbeat 31012$19,732$6,531
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37812$25,017$9,664
Heart attack, with complications 28111$29,005$8,946
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$61,951$20,342
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".