US Health Care Costs

Osf Saint Anthony's Health Center

St Anthony's Way, Alton, IL 62002 · (618) 465-2571

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - ChurchNo emergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$8.2Mnet income, all sources
0.3%margin on patient care alone
$1.8Mcost of charity care (2.0% of costs)
$4.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871111$43,882$14,470
Heart failure, with major complications 29148$29,901$10,307
Pneumonia, with major complications 19330$31,365$10,084
Lung infection, with major complications 17724$29,812$13,260
Sepsis 87224$31,678$7,667
Kidney failure, with major complications 68221$33,549$10,815
Respiratory failure 18919$28,192$9,023
Urinary tract infection 69017$19,901$6,201
COPD, with major complications 19016$22,770$8,362
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$24,530$5,865
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$23,812$6,853
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85313$121,051$38,479
Heart attack, with major complications 28012$40,204$10,314
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$26,587$12,926
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$30,968$9,823
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".