US Health Care Costs

Methodist Jennie Edmundson

933 East Pierce Street, Council Bluffs, IA 51503 · (712) 396-6000

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

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$17.5Mnet income, all sources
3.1%margin on patient care alone
$3.4Mcost of charity care (2.7% of costs)
$4.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
117beds

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 885152$13,001$9,675
Sepsis, with major complications 871109$45,832$13,497
Heart attack, with major complications 28065$37,127$10,662
Heart failure, with major complications 29155$27,965$8,958
Lung infection, with major complications 17747$41,785$11,403
Pneumonia, with major complications 19346$32,304$9,360
Stomach and digestive disorders 39235$19,532$5,834
Respiratory failure 18934$36,577$9,100
Urinary tract infection 69034$16,655$5,833
Heart stent 32233$72,921$13,003
COPD, with major complications 19026$33,444$8,012
Heart attack, with complications 28126$29,646$7,004
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37825$21,134$7,063
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48122$43,862$14,431
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60321$13,155$6,329
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64021$28,258$9,131
Pneumonia, with complications 19420$20,058$6,044
Heart catheterization 28720$33,103$7,606
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30820$23,438$8,709
Kidney failure, with major complications 68219$26,653$10,346
Kidney failure, with complications 68319$16,339$6,554
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28618$55,041$15,620
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30918$18,839$5,319
Fainting 31218$14,915$6,907
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39118$31,956$9,182
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68918$18,591$8,297
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85318$114,507$31,530
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06517$26,592$7,126
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38917$16,978$5,853
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32116$97,462$20,435
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64116$16,928$5,664
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06915$22,966$5,895
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Mcc 38815$25,544$9,913
Stroke, with major complications 06414$41,728$15,494
Hip or knee replacement 47014$43,752$13,475
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52213$45,230$15,029
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81113$25,469$10,231
Sepsis 87213$21,596$7,364
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37712$27,776$12,144
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69811$32,744$11,294
Anemia and blood disorders 81211$29,824$6,597

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