US Health Care Costs

Ottumwa Regional Health Center

1001 E Pennsylvania, Ottumwa, IA 52501 · (641) 682-7511

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$19.0Mnet income, all sources
−23.7%margin on patient care alone
$1.4Mcost of charity care (2.1% of costs)
$5.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
76beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending April 2025.

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 87153$53,490$16,544
Heart failure, with major complications 29127$37,331$11,506
Pneumonia, with major complications 19323$42,931$11,053
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$43,746$13,854
Heart attack, with major complications 28015$46,334$13,344
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$31,522$7,500
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30913$28,002$6,257
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48113$65,108$17,227
Respiratory failure 18912$49,819$10,185
Sepsis 87211$38,473$8,523
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