US Health Care Costs

Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake

1700 West Stout Street, Rice Lake, WI 54868 · (715) 234-1515

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

The money

$34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$244,990net income, all sources
−1.4%margin on patient care alone
$634,187cost of charity care (0.5% of costs)
$2.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
40beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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 87155$24,938$16,666
Heart failure, with major complications 29143$21,414$10,937
Pneumonia, with major complications 19323$21,632$11,164
Sepsis 87218$18,115$9,006
Lung infection, with major complications 17713$27,222$14,667
Heart attack, with major complications 28011$19,858$13,544
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30911$15,328$6,645
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".