US Health Care Costs

Mary Immaculate Hospital

2 Bernardine Drive, Newport News, VA 23602 · (757) 886-6000

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

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$3.2Mnet income, all sources
3.7%margin on patient care alone
$435,232cost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$3.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
114beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending November 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
Heart failure, with major complications 29165$39,161$9,508
Sepsis, with major complications 87161$48,372$14,179
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc 46836$117,116$20,959
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30927$21,420$5,649
Heart catheterization 28722$36,436$7,841
Hip or knee replacement 47022$87,028$13,161
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64022$35,073$9,493
Lung infection, with major complications 17719$42,331$11,702
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06517$23,000$7,923
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46017$145,854$28,696
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Cc 46716$151,414$24,088
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85316$107,720$31,966
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30815$34,819$8,665
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37815$36,319$7,195
Sepsis 87215$33,500$7,552
Stomach and digestive disorders 39214$21,856$5,930
Urinary tract infection 69014$24,349$5,931
Respiratory failure 18913$44,612$8,877
Heart attack, with major complications 28012$45,959$11,378
Heart attack, with complications 28112$44,068$6,770
Heart stent 32212$81,846$17,409
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60312$19,323$6,590
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64112$18,816$6,363
COPD, with major complications 19011$37,214$7,962
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28611$48,324$16,529
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$25,514$7,363

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