US Health Care Costs

Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario

351 SW 9th Street, Ontario, OR 97914 · (541) 881-7000

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

The money

$29what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$8.2Mnet income, all sources
−3.2%margin on patient care alone
$2.9Mcost of charity care (5.1% of costs)
$2.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
35beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 87151$44,733$19,354
Heart failure, with major complications 29132$46,644$12,689
Lung infection, with major complications 17712$55,375$16,484
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".