US Health Care Costs

North Hawaii Community Hospital, Inc

67 1125 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI 96743 · (808) 885-4444

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

The money

$25what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$3.8Mnet income, all sources
0.1%margin on patient care alone
$330,054cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)
$3.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
33beds

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
Heart failure, with major complications 29127$60,402$17,440
Sepsis, with major complications 87121$94,943$24,664
Pneumonia, with major complications 19320$48,691$18,305
Lung infection, with major complications 17715$57,204$24,006
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$36,193$10,004
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06512$55,206$15,793
Respiratory failure 18911$62,653$15,501
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".