US Health Care Costs

McLaren Central Michigan

1221 South Drive, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858 · (989) 772-6700

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

The money

$38what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$24.8Mnet income, all sources
−39.2%margin on patient care alone
$1.9Mcost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
$3.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds

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
Heart failure, with major complications 29138$22,223$10,129
Sepsis, with major complications 87135$40,665$15,776
Respiratory failure 18916$28,675$10,386
Sepsis 87213$17,805$8,695
Lung infection, with major complications 17711$31,137$13,802
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".