US Health Care Costs

Meadville Medical Center

751 Liberty Street, Meadville, PA 16335 · (814) 333-5000

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$15.0Mnet income, all sources
−2.4%margin on patient care alone
$1.5Mcost of charity care (0.7% of costs)
$4.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
200beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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
Hip or knee replacement 470102$43,161$14,074
Heart failure, with major complications 29174$24,087$9,891
Sepsis, with major complications 87158$44,029$14,916
Urinary tract infection 69038$20,274$6,190
COPD, with major complications 19029$32,111$8,522
Psychoses 88529$17,981$10,728
Pneumonia, with major complications 19327$33,156$10,397
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06525$24,771$7,873
Stomach and digestive disorders 39225$24,977$6,220
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68924$24,335$9,069
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$39,855$12,786
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30923$14,683$5,653
Pneumonia, with complications 19422$22,860$6,419
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64122$16,824$6,340
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37821$27,738$7,438
Kidney failure, with complications 68321$19,193$7,077
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 19120$23,163$6,638
Heart stent 32219$79,299$14,012
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38917$16,467$6,304
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30816$29,914$9,187
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64016$26,878$10,603
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$38,829$15,789
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 45414$82,958$45,197
Back problems (no surgery) 55214$20,822$7,444
Heart attack, with major complications 28013$24,363$12,006
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52213$51,010$15,941
Heart catheterization 28712$25,701$8,199
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$41,308$11,528
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Cc 09211$21,128$7,942
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 45511$61,777$35,644
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$16,491$6,261
Sepsis 87211$37,548$8,108

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