Pih Health Downey Hospital

11500 Brookshire Avenue, Downey, CA 90241 · (562) 904-5000

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

The money

$13what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$41.7Mnet income, all sources

−2.9%margin on patient care alone

$2.8Mcost of charity care (1.6% of costs)

$5.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

141beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	269	$109,056	$19,954
Heart failure, with major complications 291	101	$68,477	$13,302
Sepsis 872	56	$61,816	$11,204
Lung infection, with major complications 177	39	$79,823	$14,871
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	37	$60,213	$12,805
Heart attack, with major complications 280	34	$83,426	$15,703
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	31	$89,920	$13,391
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	23	$80,070	$15,315
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	21	$70,989	$10,119
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	21	$53,205	$8,525
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	21	$52,837	$12,405
Respiratory failure 189	20	$70,483	$13,373
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	20	$82,501	$19,925
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	20	$307,281	$47,767
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	19	$57,753	$8,686
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Mcc 091	18	$80,156	$17,396
Urinary tract infection 690	17	$43,038	$8,299
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	16	$92,929	$18,565
Fainting 312	15	$45,958	$9,430
Kidney failure, with complications 683	15	$42,374	$9,541
Heart attack, with complications 281	14	$56,717	$9,926
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 854	14	$98,303	$19,736
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	13	$69,597	$10,004
Seizures with Mcc 100	13	$68,119	$19,842
Other Vascular Procedures with Mcc 252	13	$162,532	$35,287
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	12	$47,602	$8,211
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	12	$44,249	$9,422
Stroke, with major complications 064	11	$90,725	$19,476

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