US Health Care Costs

Peacehealth St John Medical Center

1615 Delaware Street, Longview, WA 98632 · (360) 414-2000

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

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$16.8Mnet income, all sources
1.5%margin on patient care alone
$11.4Mcost of charity care (4.1% of costs)
$9.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
142beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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 871158$66,538$18,341
Heart failure, with major complications 291120$50,671$11,905
Psychoses 88569$61,383$12,301
Lung infection, with major complications 17738$66,228$16,824
Pneumonia, with major complications 19338$52,690$11,818
Heart attack, with major complications 28028$61,202$14,470
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06527$51,455$9,815
Kidney failure, with complications 68326$37,204$8,286
Sepsis 87225$47,065$10,193
Respiratory failure 18922$49,988$11,699
Kidney failure, with major complications 68222$51,626$13,594
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64021$53,236$12,410
Stroke, with major complications 06420$76,215$16,956
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37817$53,738$11,180
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52217$154,857$18,152
Diabetes, with complications 63817$71,576$13,448
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Mcc 91717$80,569$17,150
Stomach and digestive disorders 39216$37,208$8,959
Hip or knee replacement 47016$113,439$16,430
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48114$99,855$17,651
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60314$41,041$12,308
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69814$58,303$13,975
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85314$170,658$42,470
Pneumonia, with complications 19413$35,077$7,574
Heart attack, with complications 28113$49,359$8,195
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37713$101,999$15,874
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17512$55,075$13,365
Heart stent 32212$148,070$22,814
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38911$36,606$7,546
Urinary tract infection 69011$41,542$7,630
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81111$52,674$12,487

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