US Health Care Costs

Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw

800 S Washington Avenue, Saginaw, MI 48601 · (989) 776-8000

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

The money

$31what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$11.4Mnet income, all sources
−32.8%margin on patient care alone
$4.5Mcost of charity care (1.9% of costs)
$17.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
181beds

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 871112$52,817$14,526
Heart failure, with major complications 29175$33,751$10,548
Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) 27449$54,963$23,673
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06538$38,232$7,850
Stroke, with major complications 06434$69,715$15,283
Pneumonia, with major complications 19327$39,098$9,421
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85326$112,372$36,856
Respiratory failure 18925$35,143$9,742
Kidney failure, with major complications 68224$36,973$11,220
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30923$23,058$5,971
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48123$67,500$15,685
Back problems (no surgery) 55223$29,192$7,415
Kidney failure, with complications 68322$32,567$6,922
Heart attack, with major complications 28021$50,200$11,962
Heart stent 32221$84,129$13,793
Bowel surgery, with complications 33021$51,876$17,524
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06920$33,687$6,243
Lung infection, with major complications 17719$36,639$11,755
Heart catheterization 28719$42,487$8,272
Irregular heartbeat 31019$24,825$4,609
Stomach and digestive disorders 39219$18,161$6,182
Fainting 31218$26,539$6,903
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Cns Principal Diagnosis with Mcc O 02317$176,663$48,397
Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR) 26717$99,562$35,259
Urinary tract infection 69016$20,736$6,251
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc 02515$116,537$32,410
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30814$36,529$9,576
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37814$38,120$7,420
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48014$79,710$21,849
Sepsis 87213$27,701$7,950
Heart attack, with complications 28112$30,449$7,062
Chest pain 31311$16,221$5,666
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$21,719$8,598

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