Northern Light a R Gould Hospital
Po Box 151, Presque Isle, ME 04769 · (207) 768-4000
The money
$30what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$9.4Mnet income, all sources
−13.7%margin on patient care alone
$1.5Mcost of charity care (1.0% of costs)
$3.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
44beds
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)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 35 | $57,123 | $18,936 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 31 | $37,107 | $11,942 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 23 | $51,776 | $12,417 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 15 | $34,671 | $9,090 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 13 | $48,256 | $14,753 | |
| Kidney failure, with major complications 682 | 12 | $48,954 | $13,581 |
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