US Health Care Costs

Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center

2233 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622 · (312) 770-2000

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

The money

$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$7.8Mnet income, all sources
−5.5%margin on patient care alone
$7.5Mcost of charity care (3.6% of costs)
$3.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
296beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending February 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
Psychoses 885355$41,173$13,860
Sepsis, with major complications 871113$99,007$18,245
Heart failure, with major complications 29163$72,858$13,985
Heart attack, with major complications 28050$114,719$21,292
Lung infection, with major complications 17729$93,340$21,277
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85327$212,339$54,134
Urinary tract infection 69026$46,921$8,598
Kidney failure, with complications 68324$39,945$9,694
Kidney failure, with major complications 68222$88,500$16,344
Respiratory failure 18921$61,624$12,178
Sepsis 87221$57,680$10,547
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68920$67,206$11,176
Stomach and digestive disorders 39219$35,179$8,137
Pneumonia, with major complications 19318$71,338$11,660
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64018$41,604$12,643
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69817$93,760$18,099
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64115$50,520$8,360
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06514$59,089$10,000
Hip or knee replacement 47013$88,918$17,301
Anemia and blood disorders 81213$54,735$9,462
Diabetes, with major complications 63712$45,987$14,125
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38911$48,732$8,425
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85411$152,390$21,080
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".