US Health Care Costs

Parkland Health Center

1101 W Liberty, Farmington, MO 63640 · (573) 431-6005

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.7Mnet income, all sources
−2.1%margin on patient care alone
$9.0Mcost of charity care (6.4% of costs)
$2.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
108beds

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 871148$42,352$14,272
Heart failure, with major complications 29197$34,402$9,856
Pneumonia, with major complications 19370$30,608$10,291
Sepsis 87244$25,574$8,130
Lung infection, with major complications 17742$32,432$13,076
Kidney failure, with major complications 68224$33,279$11,137
Stomach and digestive disorders 39222$21,167$6,679
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85322$83,254$34,285
COPD, with major complications 19021$40,465$8,624
Pneumonia, with complications 19419$20,041$6,673
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64119$18,234$6,413
Kidney failure, with complications 68319$23,207$7,346
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06517$27,186$7,844
Respiratory failure 18917$36,174$9,614
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68917$24,804$8,994
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69817$28,428$12,341
Heart attack, with major complications 28016$36,727$11,977
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30916$19,005$6,329
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60316$22,507$7,345
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38915$20,388$6,822
Urinary tract infection 69015$17,532$6,631
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30814$31,080$9,395
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64011$29,858$10,164
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