US Health Care Costs

Natividad Medical Center

1441 Constitution Boulevard, Salinas, CA 93906 · (831) 755-4111

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$26what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.9Mnet income, all sources
−38.1%margin on patient care alone
$4.2Mcost of charity care (1.1% of costs)
$41.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
144beds

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
Psychoses 88599$79,796$18,721
Sepsis, with major complications 87173$142,121$26,430
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48135$139,883$25,054
Sepsis 87234$68,981$14,062
Heart failure, with major complications 29127$85,503$16,704
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64122$66,248$10,947
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$90,760$18,942
Lung infection, with major complications 17718$196,104$29,730
Fainting 31218$70,155$12,034
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52218$135,277$26,369
Back problems (no surgery) 55218$76,272$13,263
Urinary tract infection 69018$68,308$11,353
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37816$67,680$13,227
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Cc 08615$141,187$19,450
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06514$98,249$17,157
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64014$90,937$16,403
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85414$193,245$25,915
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint Without Cc/Mcc 48213$90,246$19,759
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89713$101,262$12,302
COPD, with major complications 19012$68,636$15,021
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$60,057$11,496
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37712$100,406$23,259
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38912$72,524$11,318
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$85,920$10,792
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85312$322,096$64,646
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour Without Cc/Mcc 08411$69,194$12,654
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Cc 49311$170,242$30,547
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$61,886$11,861

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