US Health Care Costs

Mary Lanning Healthcare

715 N St Joseph Ave, Hastings, NE 68901 · (402) 463-4521

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

The money

$33what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$1.6Mnet income, all sources
−4.7%margin on patient care alone
$1.9Mcost of charity care (1.1% of costs)
$5.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
106beds

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 87158$51,691$14,311
Heart failure, with major complications 29157$40,159$9,569
Respiratory failure 18947$41,988$10,392
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$49,187$11,076
Kidney failure, with major complications 68217$37,137$10,604
Sepsis 87217$26,657$7,455
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$54,196$11,522
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06515$38,586$7,470
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30914$23,079$5,882
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48113$60,598$14,895
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$38,497$8,866
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 33111$38,580$12,311
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52211$62,865$15,133
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$25,448$6,986
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".