US Health Care Costs

Southern Maine Health Care

1 Medical Center Drive, Biddeford, ME 04005

CMS rating Not rated

The money

$32what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$6.3Mnet income, all sources
−0.1%margin on patient care alone
$2.4Mcost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$7.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
140beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending May 2024.

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 87164$47,709$14,106
Heart failure, with major complications 29149$37,411$10,262
Lung infection, with major complications 17729$49,679$12,604
Respiratory failure 18921$39,949$17,287
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$44,278$12,658
Urinary tract infection 69019$23,144$6,663
Kidney failure, with major complications 68215$40,219$11,513
Fainting 31212$28,615$7,148
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37812$29,422$8,612
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$27,910$6,614
Kidney failure, with complications 68312$22,484$7,193
Lung infection, with complications 17811$37,263$7,890
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$26,288$8,662
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30911$25,177$6,323
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64111$21,018$6,469
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