US Health Care Costs

Osf Saint Katharine Medical Center

403 E 1st St, Dixon, IL 61021 · (815) 288-5531

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

The money

$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$27.5Mnet income, all sources
−21.2%margin on patient care alone
$1.3Mcost of charity care (1.0% of costs)
$5.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
80beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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
Heart failure, with major complications 29165$36,101$10,185
Sepsis, with major complications 87158$58,906$15,355
Psychoses 88536$25,365$11,218
Lung infection, with major complications 17735$55,527$14,063
Pneumonia, with major complications 19335$41,656$10,489
Sepsis 87229$31,290$8,342
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30917$27,388$6,835
Heart attack, with major complications 28016$53,179$11,182
Lung infection, with complications 17815$31,173$8,157
Respiratory failure 18915$40,451$10,402
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64115$24,163$6,641
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$24,404$7,560
Urinary tract infection 69015$27,946$6,928
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48113$98,474$16,389
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37812$28,327$7,650
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".