US Health Care Costs

Sierra View Medical Center

465 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, CA 93257 · (559) 784-1110

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

The money

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$5.4Mnet income, all sources
−7.4%margin on patient care alone
$942,251cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
$1.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
128beds

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 871225$63,370$21,848
Heart failure, with major complications 29141$46,420$14,780
Sepsis 87237$32,942$11,976
Pneumonia, with major complications 19334$50,900$14,744
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06531$30,802$12,109
Heart attack, with major complications 28030$60,998$18,557
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64029$46,438$15,428
Kidney failure, with complications 68326$25,413$10,594
Lung infection, with major complications 17725$45,980$18,843
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37823$44,058$11,786
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64123$28,781$9,341
COPD, with major complications 19022$33,784$12,389
Kidney failure, with major complications 68222$48,494$16,507
Urinary tract infection 69021$30,701$9,930
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06919$25,866$9,457
Respiratory failure 18919$76,254$13,297
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68918$42,593$13,672
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 87015$191,709$71,524
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37714$49,073$18,892
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69814$55,929$18,095
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38913$21,167$9,547
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48113$109,559$23,797
Diabetes, with complications 63813$24,064$10,942
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85313$156,610$53,695
Heart attack, with complications 28111$30,962$10,373
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$35,526$10,849
Diabetes, with major complications 63711$33,994$15,702

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".