Mercy Health Saint Mary's

200 Jefferson Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 · (616) 685-5000

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

The money

$33what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$188.6Mnet income, all sources

−17.7%margin on patient care alone

$11.8Mcost of charity care (2.0% of costs)

$14.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

273beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	278	$39,445	$18,292
Heart failure, with major complications 291	72	$33,257	$12,484
Respiratory failure 189	38	$34,406	$13,957
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	37	$116,716	$46,047
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	36	$31,312	$12,946
Heart attack, with major complications 280	33	$43,118	$15,184
Sepsis 872	33	$25,646	$9,704
Seizures 101	32	$20,453	$9,756
Lung infection, with major complications 177	28	$41,473	$15,850
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	28	$40,824	$16,185
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	26	$30,622	$10,286
Kidney Transplant 652	24	$207,972	$44,706
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	22	$28,073	$12,314
Hip or knee replacement 470	22	$47,979	$16,218
Diabetes, with complications 638	21	$18,718	$9,024
Kidney failure, with complications 683	21	$18,159	$9,128
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	20	$23,898	$9,838
Heart attack, with complications 281	19	$20,915	$8,658
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	19	$25,074	$9,605
Delirium and other mental confusion 884	19	$49,954	$19,820
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Cc 092	18	$24,714	$10,388
Fainting 312	17	$22,505	$9,893
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	17	$34,183	$13,894
Stroke, with major complications 064	16	$69,103	$20,756
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	16	$17,330	$7,666
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	16	$18,924	$8,672
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 699	16	$59,843	$13,768
COPD, with major complications 190	15	$20,001	$10,711
Diabetes, with major complications 637	15	$33,464	$11,972
Psychoses 885	15	$14,992	$12,834
Degenerative nerve disorders (e.g. Parkinson's, dementia) 057	14	$42,233	$14,948
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	14	$57,042	$18,442
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Cns Principal Diagnosis with Mcc O 023	13	$136,947	$57,590
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Mcc 091	13	$32,448	$16,444
Bowel surgery, with complications 330	13	$60,673	$22,070
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	13	$40,613	$17,289
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	13	$16,918	$8,947
Back problems (no surgery) 552	13	$21,658	$9,861
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	13	$17,419	$8,206
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 854	13	$53,053	$17,839
Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc 948	13	$19,970	$8,264
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 454	12	$114,811	$59,801
Seizures with Mcc 100	11	$35,099	$16,904
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	11	$64,004	$22,805
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	11	$31,003	$10,234

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