US Health Care Costs

Nathan Littauer Hospital

99 East State Street, Gloversville, NY 12078 · (518) 725-8621

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

The money

$30what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$11.3Mnet income, all sources
−19.8%margin on patient care alone
$283,812cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)
$5.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
57beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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
Sepsis, with major complications 87174$38,781$16,922
Heart failure, with major complications 29124$29,170$11,066
Respiratory failure 18923$27,326$10,734
Lung infection, with major complications 17719$38,991$14,477
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69819$32,840$14,158
Sepsis 87218$27,630$8,967
Pneumonia, with major complications 19315$26,978$11,492
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$23,080$7,605
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$33,612$10,109
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".