US Health Care Costs

Providence Seward Hospital

417 First Avenue, Po Box 365, Seward, AK 99664 · (907) 224-5205

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Providence Seward Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Seward, Alaska, with 6 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.58 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Alaska hospital ($3.98).

On this page:QualityThe money

Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.58listed for every $1 its care costs Alaska typical $3.98
1 h 54 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
6beds

Quality and patient experience

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$63what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$2.3Mnet income, all sources
7.4%margin on patient care alone
$313,784cost of charity care (1.1% of costs)
$773,522unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
96full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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".

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.