US Health Care Costs

Oswego Hospital

110 West Sixth Street, Oswego, NY 13069 · (315) 349-5511

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

The money

$33what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$1.5Mnet income, all sources
−27.7%margin on patient care alone
$234,402cost of charity care (0.2% of costs)
$6.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
132beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 871110$25,635$17,420
Lung infection, with major complications 17758$29,161$15,036
Heart failure, with major complications 29132$17,612$11,623
Respiratory failure 18927$17,746$11,046
Pneumonia, with major complications 19323$24,313$11,864
Heart attack, with major complications 28023$17,538$13,762
Sepsis 87218$20,796$9,240
Urinary tract infection 69017$13,632$7,439
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60316$12,019$8,017
Kidney failure, with complications 68316$14,030$8,064
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69816$26,039$14,715
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$17,698$7,199
Kidney failure, with major complications 68215$25,498$13,362
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64113$13,734$7,253
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39111$28,793$11,364
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 69911$16,586$9,383
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".