US Health Care Costs

Mymichigan Medical Center Alpena

1501 W Chisholm St, Alpena, MI 49707 · (989) 356-7390

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$41.5Mnet income, all sources
4.2%margin on patient care alone
$6.9Mcost of charity care (2.3% of costs)
$4.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
128beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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 871167$33,613$17,008
Heart failure, with major complications 29178$21,654$11,165
Psychoses 88554$20,169$11,791
Respiratory failure 18943$25,041$10,870
Sepsis 87240$24,490$9,453
Hip or knee replacement 47031$37,490$16,180
Pneumonia, with major complications 19326$22,215$11,349
Kidney failure, with major complications 68220$23,457$13,258
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06519$21,294$8,722
Heart attack, with major complications 28017$30,061$14,325
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$28,865$14,319
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30816$29,251$10,449
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30916$16,347$6,448
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48116$44,872$17,835
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37715$27,489$16,081
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37815$25,910$8,486
Stroke, with major complications 06414$33,895$17,079
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85314$86,306$42,706
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$28,418$6,936
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64012$20,179$11,343
COPD, with major complications 19011$20,563$9,430
Irregular heartbeat 31011$14,270$4,808
Urinary tract infection 69011$18,281$6,906
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