US Health Care Costs

Mat-Su Regional Medical Center

2500 South Woodworth Loop, Palmer, AK 99645 · (907) 861-6000

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

The money

$12what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$91.2Mnet income, all sources
26.5%margin on patient care alone
$4.0Mcost of charity care (2.1% of costs)
$10.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
125beds

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 871290$119,960$25,600
Heart failure, with major complications 29198$112,014$16,258
Respiratory failure 18968$103,150$15,570
Sepsis 87259$84,838$13,528
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85355$362,698$65,321
Lung infection, with major complications 17748$114,070$21,035
Pneumonia, with major complications 19344$98,790$16,670
Kidney failure, with major complications 68235$89,294$18,857
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06532$98,657$12,822
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37832$80,656$12,409
Kidney failure, with complications 68331$71,466$11,317
Psychoses 88530$229,703$25,649
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48129$187,438$28,053
Stroke, with major complications 06428$131,138$25,850
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64028$109,763$16,904
Heart attack, with major complications 28026$127,777$20,217
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69826$79,299$20,742
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60325$59,653$11,164
Diabetes, with complications 63824$65,325$11,539
Stomach and digestive disorders 39223$57,806$9,893
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68922$83,697$14,769
Heart stent 32221$238,744$22,918
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37720$109,464$23,201
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64120$79,123$11,349
Urinary tract infection 69020$55,223$12,060
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30819$90,005$15,066
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32119$295,187$36,083
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38918$51,864$10,048
Heart attack, with complications 28116$122,116$15,384
Bowel surgery, with complications 33016$163,162$29,803
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 45516$253,183$80,840
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48016$236,126$37,076
Diabetes, with major complications 63716$90,439$18,151
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30915$72,367$9,355
Other circulation problems, with major complications 31415$118,820$26,554
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32915$296,611$61,253
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17514$88,682$17,654
Fainting 31214$122,123$17,336
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52214$192,372$26,728
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. with Cc 41813$133,381$20,671
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85413$202,552$25,551
Seizures 10112$56,816$11,525
Cellulitis with Mcc 60211$96,961$26,475
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89711$86,281$10,874

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