US Health Care Costs

Owatonna Hospital

2250 26th Street Northwest, Owatonna, MN 55060 · (507) 451-3850

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

The money

$34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.2Mnet income, all sources
−5.0%margin on patient care alone
$1.0Mcost of charity care (1.9% of costs)
$1.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
29beds

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 87159$26,840$15,851
Heart failure, with major complications 29143$28,265$10,732
Pneumonia, with major complications 19323$21,538$11,282
Urinary tract infection 69021$17,624$7,030
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64119$16,053$7,023
Sepsis 87218$20,037$8,317
Lung infection, with major complications 17717$29,015$13,847
Hip or knee replacement 47016$50,494$16,420
Pneumonia, with complications 19415$22,669$7,583
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$18,774$7,494
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".