US Health Care Costs

Mercy Hospital Stoddard

1200 N One Mile Rd, Dexter, MO 63841 · (573) 624-5566

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

The money

$31what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$4.4Mnet income, all sources
−12.5%margin on patient care alone
$80,482cost of charity care (0.2% of costs)
$6.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
43beds

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
Psychoses 88579$6,717$12,323
Urinary tract infection 69022$17,453$8,011
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$26,464$11,872
Pneumonia, with complications 19420$19,177$7,864
Respiratory failure 18917$19,006$11,392
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".