US Health Care Costs

Oakbend Medical Center

1705 Jackson St, Richmond, TX 77469 · (281) 341-3000

General hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$7.8Mnet income, all sources
−10.2%margin on patient care alone
$10.7Mcost of charity care (7.7% of costs)
$16.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
158beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 87174$49,498$18,575
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46030$132,198$32,270
Heart failure, with major complications 29122$35,769$14,052
Respiratory failure 18912$41,639$14,498
Pneumonia, with major complications 19312$29,872$12,791
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