US Health Care Costs

Medical City Alliance

3101 North Tarrant Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177 · (817) 639-1100

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

The money

$7what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$66.8Mnet income, all sources
28.9%margin on patient care alone
$22.2Mcost of charity care (15.3% of costs)
$22.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
130beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending January 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
Sepsis, with major complications 871114$125,080$16,388
Heart failure, with major complications 29141$102,526$11,029
Pneumonia, with major complications 19325$85,390$11,706
Heart stent 32221$234,131$16,065
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64018$76,272$11,274
Kidney failure, with major complications 68218$82,693$12,028
Lung infection, with major complications 17717$128,759$12,968
Heart attack, with major complications 28016$157,267$17,614
Stomach and digestive disorders 39216$66,754$8,659
Respiratory failure 18914$90,155$10,157
Sepsis 87213$85,416$9,657
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28612$175,653$16,791
Hypertension with Mcc 30412$73,327$10,226
High blood pressure 30512$54,329$7,733
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32112$293,930$27,444
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30911$70,236$7,695
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64111$58,900$8,380
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$66,263$8,058
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".