US Health Care Costs

Northwest Health - Starke

102 E Culver Rd, Knox, IN 46534 · (574) 772-6231

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$976,019net income, all sources
6.9%margin on patient care alone
$322,972cost of charity care (1.8% of costs)
$1.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
14beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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
COPD, with major complications 19015$30,147$10,087
Heart failure, with major complications 29114$31,671$10,403
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