US Health Care Costs

Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

2200 Good Hope Road, Enola, PA 17025 · (717) 981-9000

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$17.0Mnet income, all sources
8.8%margin on patient care alone
$2.9Mcost of charity care (1.8% of costs)
$7.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
110beds

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
Heart failure, with major complications 29169$42,774$13,664
Lung infection, with major complications 17760$53,940$17,216
Sepsis, with major complications 87159$83,033$22,441
Stomach and digestive disorders 39244$25,189$8,037
Urinary tract infection 69034$31,874$8,957
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39127$39,442$12,428
Respiratory failure 18926$43,375$11,255
Lung infection, with complications 17824$47,186$14,745
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68923$41,498$12,598
Fainting 31222$39,837$9,044
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60322$23,668$8,616
Kidney failure, with complications 68322$35,211$10,507
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69818$75,810$17,913
Pneumonia, with major complications 19317$52,449$15,551
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64017$51,515$15,160
Heart attack, with major complications 28015$42,525$11,537
Hip or knee replacement 47014$127,271$14,456
Pneumonia, with complications 19413$26,774$9,341
Chest pain 31313$38,608$8,492
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 69913$41,165$13,733
Back problems (no surgery) 55212$28,126$10,728
Diabetes, with complications 63812$29,124$7,892
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64112$32,716$8,954
Extensive O.r. Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Cc 98212$146,302$24,555
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06511$32,983$12,041
COPD, with major complications 19011$44,216$16,580
High blood pressure 30511$26,636$7,781
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30911$28,914$7,412
Kidney failure, with major complications 68211$40,599$15,666
Sepsis 87211$56,159$15,649

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