US Health Care Costs

Nantucket Cottage Hospital

57 Prospect Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 · (508) 228-1200

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

The money

$54what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$93.8Mnet income, all sources
$2.8Mcost of charity care (3.9% of costs)
$2.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
14beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$18,251$10,897
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$20,267$10,386
Heart failure, with major complications 29111$22,681$17,104
Urinary tract infection 69011$18,949$12,572
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".