Sky Lakes Medical Center

2865 Daggett Avenue, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 · (541) 882-6311

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

The money

$30what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$12.5Mnet income, all sources

−15.2%margin on patient care alone

$11.8Mcost of charity care (4.9% of costs)

$2.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

90beds

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

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	142	$58,821	$22,620
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	76	$33,970	$15,220
Heart failure, with major complications 291	63	$40,680	$15,072
COPD, with major complications 190	50	$34,197	$12,991
Heart attack, with major complications 280	42	$42,472	$18,101
Lung infection, with major complications 177	39	$48,428	$19,103
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	30	$44,541	$15,747
Heart stent 322	26	$93,722	$20,428
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	25	$28,028	$11,428
Sepsis 872	25	$50,385	$13,168
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	24	$42,085	$16,773
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	23	$37,754	$12,154
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	22	$35,792	$13,358
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	20	$45,934	$20,331
Hip or knee replacement 470	19	$71,871	$21,325
Kidney failure, with complications 683	18	$27,742	$10,607
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	18	$124,603	$55,121
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	17	$71,948	$23,238
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	16	$24,536	$8,961
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 480	16	$86,409	$32,531
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	16	$42,625	$9,710
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	16	$39,382	$14,524
Stroke, with major complications 064	15	$60,867	$23,316
Heart attack, with complications 281	15	$30,873	$10,724
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	15	$27,160	$9,529
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	15	$31,035	$18,578
Heart catheterization 287	14	$42,048	$12,555
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	13	$60,992	$23,636
Back problems (no surgery) 552	13	$28,423	$11,441
Urinary tract infection 690	13	$35,179	$10,162
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Mcc 917	13	$39,663	$18,120
Coagulation Disorders 813	12	$98,636	$17,645
Irregular heartbeat 310	11	$20,756	$6,918
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	11	$116,752	$31,298
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	11	$31,055	$9,755
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 391	11	$29,732	$14,744

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