US Health Care Costs

Parkview Whitley Hospital

1260 E Sr 205, Columbia City, IN 46725 · (260) 248-9301

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

The money

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$10.4Mnet income, all sources
1.4%margin on patient care alone
$1.8Mcost of charity care (1.7% of costs)
$12.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
58beds

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 29151$26,538$12,134
Sepsis, with major complications 87143$29,834$14,962
Respiratory failure 18923$21,863$12,269
Pneumonia, with major complications 19323$29,304$12,510
Lung infection, with major complications 17722$38,212$15,859
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$26,871$9,349
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64114$19,750$8,739
Sepsis 87214$27,005$10,987
Urinary tract infection 69012$20,728$8,793
Fainting 31211$18,293$9,318
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".