US Health Care Costs

Memorial Hospital Los Banos

520 West I St, Los Banos, CA 93635 · (209) 826-0591

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

The money

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$38.7Mnet income, all sources
28.5%margin on patient care alone
$2.5Mcost of charity care (2.9% of costs)
$8.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
26beds

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 87175$72,846$49,025
Sepsis 87219$52,475$25,559
Pneumonia, with major complications 19318$47,720$32,775
Heart failure, with major complications 29116$46,834$32,563
Stomach and digestive disorders 39211$42,482$19,225
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64011$57,950$32,785
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$50,618$28,977
Urinary tract infection 69011$43,160$20,034
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".