US Health Care Costs

Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital

1404 East Second Street, Defiance, OH 43512 · (419) 782-8444

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$25what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$569,167net income, all sources
−2.7%margin on patient care alone
$759,311cost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$2.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
23beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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 29130$17,324$10,346
Pneumonia, with major complications 19329$26,312$10,037
Pneumonia, with complications 19422$20,046$6,611
Urinary tract infection 69018$17,944$6,587
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30914$14,170$5,989
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$16,845$7,425
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 19112$22,721$6,400
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30812$16,434$8,745
Bowel surgery, with complications 33012$134,727$21,142
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