US Health Care Costs

Mymichigan Medical Center West Branch

2463 South M-30, West Branch, MI 48661 · (989) 345-3660

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$6.1Mnet income, all sources
0.9%margin on patient care alone
$2.4Mcost of charity care (3.9% of costs)
$1.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
88beds

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 87152$26,866$17,223
Pneumonia, with major complications 19328$16,261$11,254
Lung infection, with major complications 17724$20,034$13,629
Heart failure, with major complications 29124$13,814$11,075
Respiratory failure 18919$16,468$10,538
Pneumonia, with complications 19413$12,983$7,009
COPD, with major complications 19011$15,589$9,395
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