US Health Care Costs

Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center

5300 Military Road, Lewiston, NY 14092 · (716) 297-4800

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

The money

$41what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$18.0Mnet income, all sources
−14.0%margin on patient care alone
$2.0Mcost of charity care (1.8% of costs)
$2.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
115beds

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 87178$42,204$18,612
Heart failure, with major complications 29144$23,341$13,280
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy 89527$57,937$14,193
Respiratory failure 18925$27,552$11,136
Pneumonia, with complications 19424$14,024$9,420
Pneumonia, with major complications 19322$27,827$13,289
Lung infection, with major complications 17719$35,607$14,353
Kidney failure, with complications 68317$15,683$8,099
Urinary tract infection 69015$16,198$7,589
Sepsis 87215$13,566$9,817
COPD, with major complications 19014$13,308$9,905
Diabetes, with complications 63814$12,953$7,798
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06513$18,465$8,878
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence, Left Ama 89413$27,175$5,599
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64112$16,584$6,969
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$19,291$13,471
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".