US Health Care Costs

Mymichigan Medical Center Alma

300 E Warwick Dr, Alma, MI 48801 · (989) 463-1101

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

The money

$38what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$4.4Mnet income, all sources
−9.4%margin on patient care alone
$3.6Mcost of charity care (2.9% of costs)
$6.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
38beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87194$31,460$15,764
Heart failure, with major complications 29167$18,856$10,768
Pneumonia, with major complications 19343$24,742$11,273
Respiratory failure 18925$18,611$10,635
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$30,022$13,236
Sepsis 87219$18,788$8,698
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64017$19,184$10,988
Hip or knee replacement 47016$26,998$15,495
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$13,720$6,695
Pneumonia, with complications 19414$15,636$7,147
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68914$22,160$9,089
COPD, with major complications 19013$20,747$9,496
Kidney failure, with major complications 68213$24,028$11,655
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06512$18,711$8,655
Kidney failure, with complications 68312$14,977$7,999
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$33,552$8,631
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38911$17,296$7,430
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$36,353$17,033
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69811$27,761$13,786
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