US Health Care Costs

Sanford Worthington Medical Center

1018 Sixth Avenue Po Box 997, Worthington, MN 56187 · (507) 372-3110

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

The money

$33what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$105,089net income, all sources
−3.3%margin on patient care alone
$1.5Mcost of charity care (2.8% of costs)
$1.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
48beds

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 87146$29,714$18,157
Heart failure, with major complications 29116$20,694$11,885
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".