US Health Care Costs

Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley Inc

100 Callen Blvd., Summerville, SC 29486 · (854) 529-3002

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

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$42.7Mnet income, all sources
27.3%margin on patient care alone
$3.9Mcost of charity care (4.5% of costs)
$25.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
46beds

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

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87176$41,387$12,812
Heart failure, with major complications 29143$33,362$9,291
Pneumonia, with major complications 19330$35,206$9,866
Lung infection, with major complications 17727$47,461$11,818
Sepsis 87224$27,706$7,769
Hip or knee replacement 47020$72,209$13,220
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68920$30,029$8,851
COPD, with major complications 19018$29,732$8,423
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52217$74,031$14,133
Urinary tract infection 69016$24,231$6,541
Respiratory failure 18915$44,988$9,651
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$23,318$6,895
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64014$45,355$10,841
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69814$37,136$12,872
Stomach and digestive disorders 39213$22,246$6,427
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30812$31,005$8,723
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$28,416$10,140
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$28,040$6,538
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$35,947$7,432
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$76,545$13,759
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85311$100,590$32,487
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